Garret under the roof

[nyggus]

"Garret" is "a very small uncomfortable room at the top of a house" (CALD) or "A room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic" (Farlex). Why, then, would one write "a garret under the roof"? Is it not obvious that a garret is placed under the roof?

Thanks,
Nyggus

[Anglika]

Indeed - but you must allow an author some licence in the way he expresses things!

I think it adds to the sense of the poverty indicated by emphasising the person is having to live in the least pleasant part of the building.

[nyggus]

Indeed - but you must allow an author some licence in the way he expresses things!

Great words! And a nice lesson for me. Thanks.

Nyggus