Thomas Love Peacock: 33 books

The English novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they are believed to have influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, featuring characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. In his most famous...

This vintage book contains a wonderful collection of beautiful poetry by English poet and novelist Thomas Love Peacock The poems include: “The Satirists and Fantastics”, “The Legend of Saint Laura”, “The Monks of St. Mark”, “Ballad Terzetto”, “The Morning of Love”, “The Sundial”,...

6 works of Thomas Love Peacock English novelist and poet (1785-1866) This ebook presents a collection of 6 works of Thomas Love Peacock. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Crotchet Castle - Gryll Grange - Headlong Hall - Maid Marian - Nightmare Abbey - The Four Ages of Poetry

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Thomas Love Peacock wich are Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey. Thomas Love Peacock...

Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...

NIGHTMARE ABBEY AND OTHER NOVELS includes five works by noted Victorian Gothic satirist Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866).  While Peacock wrote in the Gothic tradition, he used it to satirize contemporary British society, criticizing class distinctions, philosophy, religion, and Victorian morality. ...

In his most famous work, NIGHTMARE ABBEY, Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) pokes fun at the Romantic movement's fascination with misanthropy, the supernatural, and transcendental philosophy through the agency of a reclusive widower, Christopher Glowry, Esquire, and his only son, Scythrop who live alone in dilapidated mansion.

“The Three Doctors” is a musical play in two acts by English writer Thomas Love Peacock, first published in 1903. A musical farce, it aims at entertaining the audience through a highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable situation. This play concerns doctors and their contemporary role...

This volume contains three novels by English novelist Thomas Love Peacock, including “Headlong Hall”, “Nightmare Abbey”, and “Crotchet Castle”. Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English poet, novelist, and important figure in the East India Company. A good...

Nightmare Abbey concerns the unhappy love interests of one Scythrop Glowry, as those interests take shape at various times in the persons of Miss Marionetta O’Carroll and Miss Celinda Toobad. Do these characters represent deliberate portraits of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his first wife, Harriet,...

Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was an English poet and writer who worked in the genre of satire. His works are dedicated to satirizing the customs and day-to-day life of his contemporaries. Peacock’s writing style combines the elements of the mock-Gothic with those of the Aristophanic. 'The...

“Gryll Grange” is an 1861 novel by Thomas Love Peacock. His seventh and last novel, it tells the story of Gregory Gryll, a descendant of the ancient and noble Gryllus who, for lack of better options, chooses his niece to be his heir. However, Gryll's plan falls short when his new heir finds it...

“The Misfortunes of Elphin” is a 1829 novella by English novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock. The fifth serious fictional work that he completed, it is set in England at the time of the legendary King Arthur and contains many elements of Welsh legend, although it avoids the magical and preternatural...

Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock, english novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785-1866) This ebook presents «Gryll Grange», from Thomas Love Peacock. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...