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yhteensä 21 hakutulosta
Nightmare Abbey
Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) är den engelska romantikens store humorist. Munter och vanvördig gycklade han med sin samtid i en serie romaner, som på ett oefterhärmligt sätt …
Misfortunes of Elphin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Considered one of Peacocks best works by his fans, this 1829 comic romance is set during the legendary reign of King Arthur. Peacock uses a historical format, but incorporates his …
Melincourt
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Maid Marian and Crotchet Castle
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Five Books
This file includes: Headlong Hall (1815), Nightmare Abbey (1818), Maid Marian (1822), Crotchet Castle (1831), and Gryll Grange (1861.
Maid Marian
Thomas Love Peacock was born on October 18th 1785 in Weymouth, Dorset. His education was never completed and mainly self-taught Thomas was made a clerk with Ludlow Fraser Company, …
Maid Marian
Looking for an alternate take on the classic tale of Robin Hood? Dive into this satirical version told from the perspective of Maid Marian. In it, author Thomas Love Peacock deftly …
Nightmare Abbey (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1818, this nimble satire of gothic novels and Romanticism focuses on Christopher Glowry and his son, Scythrop, who dwell in their ancestral home of Nightmare Abbey. …
Headlong Hall
Thomas Love Peacock was born on October 18th 1785 in Weymouth, Dorset. His education was never completed and mainly self-taught Thomas was made a clerk with Ludlow Fraser Company, …
Gryll Grange (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Peacock's seventh and final novel, published in 1861, brought a mellow tone to the author's satire but found his discursive powers intact. Included are several poems, a wedding …
Melincourt (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This second (1817) novel by the English satirist takes on the electoral system of the time, in a plot about a civilized yet silent orangutan elected Member of Parliament for the …
Headlong Hall
Think humor writing is solely the province of modern writers? Think again. The early nineteenth-century novel Headlong Hall is a hilarious foray into the world of the British upper …