Thomas Love Peacock was a witty, erudite, and irreverent writer whose works lampooned the society and politics of his time. In 'Maid Marian', he reimagines the Robin Hood legend as a satirical critique of Romanticism. In 'Misfortunes of Elphin', he parodies the medieval romance genre. In 'Crotchet Castle', he skewers the intellectual fads and follies of his contemporaries. And in 'Gryll Grange', he celebrates the pleasures of country life while poking fun at the eccentricities of his characters. This collection showcases Peacock's range and brilliance as a writer. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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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 novel, ‘Nightmare Abbey’, romantic melancholy is satirised, with amusing lampoons of Shelley, Coleridge and Byron. For the first time in digital publishing, this eBook presents Peacock’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Peacock’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 7 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Melincourt’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare unfinished novels available in no other collection * Includes Peacock’s complete poetry – available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Peacock’s plays, discovered for the first time in the twentieth century * Rare non-fiction works * A bonus biography – discover Peacock’s life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels Headlong Hall Melincourt Nightmare Abbey Maid Marian The Misfortunes of Elphin Crotchet Castle Gryll Grange Shorter Fiction and Unfinished Novels Satyrane Calidore The Pilgrim of Provence The Lord of the Hills Julia Procula A Story Opening at Chertsey A Story of a Mansion among the Chiltern Hills Boozabowt Abbey Cotswald Chace The Plays The Dilettanti The Circle of Loda The Three Doctors Gl’Ingannati, or The Deceived The Poetry The Collected Poetry of Thomas Love Peacock List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction The Four Ages of Poetry Recollections of Childhood: The Abbey House Memoirs of Shelley The Last Day of Windsor Forest Prospectus: Classical Education The Biography Thomas Love Peacock by Richard Garnett Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

A satire on Byronism and pessimism in general. A gathering of eccentric characters in a country house, including Mr Glowry, his son Scythrop and Mr Toobad, leads to a series of absurd incidents.