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The Thomas Love Peacock collection
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- Book Synopsis
- For novellas from the master satirist! Nightmare Abbey (much like Northanger Abbey of the same period) is a satire on the phenomenon that the 'Gothic Novel' had become and spoofs the genre while being a part of it. Headlong Hall was his first long work of fiction, and Crotchet Castle - in both books Peacock follows the same framework of assembling a group of eccentrics, each with a single monomaniacal obsession, and derives humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations. The Misfortunes of Elphin is a short historical romance set in sixth century Wales, which recounts the adventures of the bard Taliesin, the princes Elphin ap Gwythno and Seithenyn ap Seithyn, and King Arthur.
- About The Author
- Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 - 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticizing the philosophical opinions of the day. Peacock died at Lower Halliford, 23 January 1866, from injuries sustained in a fire in which he had attempted to save his library, and is buried in the new cemetery at Shepperton.
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- ISBN
- 9789357312417
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hachette India, (20 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 468
- Weight
- 350 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 182 x 122 x 32 mm
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