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Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)

Autore di L'abbazia degli incubi

67+ opere 1,595 membri 38 recensioni 10 preferito

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Thomas Love Peacock was born on October 18, 1785. He was largely self-educated and worked most of his life for the East India Company. During this time, he mastered Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and Welsh. He became chief examiner in 1836 and retired on a pension in 1856. He wrote seven novels mostra altro during his lifetime including Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Crotchet Castle, and Gryll Grange. He died on January 23, 1866 at the age of 81 from injuries sustained in a fire in which he had attempted to save his library. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Thomas Love Peacock

L'abbazia degli incubi (1818) 432 copie
Gryll Grange (1906) 82 copie
Crochet Castle (1831) 77 copie
Headlong Hall (1815) 72 copie
Maid Marian (1822) 34 copie
The Misfortunes of Elphin (1829) 17 copie
Melincourt (2007) 15 copie
Three Novels (1940) 12 copie
Defence of Poetry and the Four Ages of Poetry (1965) — Autore — 10 copie
Calidore (2004) 3 copie
Seamen Three 2 copie
Newark Abbey 1 copia
Trio sublime (2004) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Critical Theory Since Plato (1971) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni398 copie
Great English Short Stories (1930) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1982) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
The Queen’s Story Book — Collaboratore — 2 copie
English Romantic Poetry (1996) — Collaboratore — 2 copie

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a satire of romantic, melancholic literature with silly names
 
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Kristelh | 14 altre recensioni | Oct 22, 2023 |
I enjoyed The Castle of Otranto and found it easy to read. Vathek was beautifully descriptive and rich in detail. Nightmare Abbey I didn't like so much. I thought it was more of a silly romance and had very little of the gothic genra really, though I can see how this could translate to a stage farce quite well.
 
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LouieAndTheLizard | 3 altre recensioni | Sep 18, 2023 |
I quite enjoyed this Georgian satire though I didn't think it was as funny as Peacock's more famous novel "Nightmare Abbey". However, Peacock's style will not be for everyone & I can easily imagine that some readers would find this deadly dull. Personally I find it would be worth reading his books just for the fun of the characters' names - Mr. Mac Quedy (get it - Q.E.D. - ha ha), Mr. Touchandgo (the absconding banker), the Earl of Foolincourt, Mr. Wilful Wontsee, etc. etc.

Read in my hardcover omnibus "The Pleasures of Peacock"… (altro)
 
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leslie.98 | 2 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
Read in my hardcover omnibus "The Pleasures of Peacock" (104 pgs)

Peacock's version of Robin Hood contains some amusingly snarky comments along with the familiar story.
 
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leslie.98 | 2 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |

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Opere
67
Opere correlate
8
Utenti
1,595
Popolarità
#16,171
Voto
3.8
Recensioni
38
ISBN
252
Lingue
9
Preferito da
10

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