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  • Headlong Hall

    Series series Timeless Classic
    "Headlong Hall" is a satirical novel by Thomas Love Peacock that humorously critiques the intellectual and social movements of the early 19th century. Set in the eccentric and lively Headlong Hall, the story revolves around a gathering of diverse characters who engage in spirited debates about philosophy, politics, and the nature of society. The novel begins with the arrival of the narrator, Mr. ... Read more

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  • The Tao of Nookomis

    The Tao of Nookomis introduces readers to timeless, layered stories that capture both the simplicity and complexity of Native existence. The stories revolve around its teachings and teachers: ninety-five-year-old Grandma Nooko, Uncle Eddie, Deacon Kingfisher, Ronnie, Donovan Manypenny, Wayne Bishop, Maggie Manypenny, Desiree Ogema, Ogema (the wolf), and Ogema (the wolf hybrid). Join these and ... Read more

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  • Maid Marian

    In "Maid Marian," Peacock reimagines the traditional Robin Hood tale and introduces readers to a cast of colorful characters, including the titular character, Maid Marian. The story is set in Sherwood Forest during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart. It revolves around the adventures of Robin Hood, his band of Merry Men, and the spirited and independent Maid Marian.Peacock's novel combines ... Read more

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  • Essential Novelists - Thomas Love Peacock

    criticism of common sense

    Series Book 142 - Essential Novelists
    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 satirized the intellectual tendencies of his day in novels in which conversation predominates over ... Read more

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  • Nightmare Abbey (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Victorian Novel

    First published in 1818, Nightmare Abbey is Thomas Love Peacock's brilliantly compressed satirical romance of gloom, metaphysics, and misdirected passion. Set in the decaying household of Christopher Glowry, the book parodies Gothic conventions and the fashionable melancholy of the Romantic age. Its episodic, dialogue-driven structure recalls classical symposium and eighteenth-century comic ... Read more

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  • The Wolf's Trail

    An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves

    Several days after I took the pups to the place overlooking Spirit Island, Youngest Nephew came to visit one afternoon as I lay sunning. “Zhi-shay’,” he began hesitantly. “I don’t know my life purpose.” “Sure you do,” I replied. “Part of your purpose was determined before you were even born. It’s just not clear to you yet because you are still young.” “When will I know?” he asked. “The Creator ... Read more

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  • Headlong Hall

    According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 - 23 January 1866) was an English satirist and author. Peacock was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. He wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting — characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. He worked for the British East India ... Read more

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  • Nightmare Abbey

    Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire. This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are ... Read more

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  • Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock

    Series series Civitas Library Classics
    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. ... Read more

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  • Crotchet Castle

    Series series Timeless Classic
    "Crotchet Castle" is a satirical novel by Thomas Love Peacock that humorously examines the intellectual and social trends of early 19th-century England. Set in the picturesque Crotchet Castle, the story follows a group of eccentric characters as they engage in witty conversations, philosophical debates, and satirical observations on various aspects of society. The novel begins with the arrival of ... Read more

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  • A Collection of Essays

    This volume contains a collection of interesting essays by Thomas Love Peacock and other writers, including Virginia Woolf. The essays include: “The Satirists and Fantastics”, “The Four Ages of Poetry”, “Recollections of Childhood”, “The Last Day of Windsor Forest”, and “Prospectus: Classical Education”. The essays chiefly deal with the subject of literature and its history, and are highly ... Read more

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  • Nightmare Abbey (Annotated)

    Nightmare Abbey was the third of Thomas Love Peacock's books to be published. It was written in late March and June 1818, and published in London in November of the same year by T. Hookham Jr of Old Bond Street and Baldwin, Craddock & Joy of Paternoster Row. The novel was lightly revised by the author in 1837 for republication in Volume 57 of Bentley's Standard Novels.Nightmare Abbey is a Gothic ... Read more

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