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Nightmare Abbey is a novella by Thomas Love Peacock, it is a classic that has been enjoyed by many for generations and is his third long work of fiction to be published.

Despite its ominously sounding title, Nightmare Abbey is a Gothic topical satire in which the author pokes light-hearted fun at the romantic movement in contemporary English literature, in particular its obsession with morbid subjects, misanthropy and transcendental philosophical... Read Full Overview

This 1818 novel is set in a former abbey whose owner, Christopher Glowry, is host to visitors who enjoy his hospitality and engage in endless debate. Among these guests are figures recognizable to Peacock's contemporaries, including characters based on Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor... Read Full Overview

Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) is one of the most distinctive prose satirists of the Romantic period. The Cambridge Edition of the Novels of Thomas Love Peacock offers the first complete text of his novels to appear for more than half a century. Nightmare Abbey (1818), Peacock's... Read Full Overview

This 1818 novel is set in a former abbey whose owner, Christopher Glowry, is host to visitors who enjoy his hospitality and engage in endless debate. Among these guests are figures recognizable to Peacock's contemporaries, including characters based on Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Nightmare Abbey is a darkly comic satire by Thomas Love Peacock, poking fun at the gloomy romanticism of the early 19th century. Set in a gloomy mansion, the story follows melancholic characters in a witty exploration of love, philosophy, and the absurdity of despair..

Nightmare Abbey is a satirical novel written by Thomas Love Peacock in 1818. The story is set in an old, decaying Gothic mansion called Nightmare Abbey, which is located in a remote part of England. The protagonist of the story is a young man named Scythrop who is a romantic... Read Full Overview

Nightmare Abbey is a satirical novel written by Thomas Love Peacock, first published in 1818. The story is set in the fictional Abbey of Glendower, where the melancholic and cynical Scythrop Glowry lives with his eccentric father, Mr. Glowry. Scythrop is in love with the beautiful... Read Full Overview

Nightmare Abbey is a satirical novel written by Thomas Love Peacock. The story is set in a Gothic-style abbey in England and follows the character of Scythrop, a melancholic and disillusioned young man who is obsessed with the idea of love. Scythrop's father, who is also the... Read Full Overview

"Nightmare Abbey" from Thomas Love Peacock. English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785-1866).

Insofar as the novel may be said to have a plot, it follows the fortunes of Christopher Glowry, a morose widower who lives with his only son Scythrop in the isolated family mansion, Nightmare Abbey, in Lincolnshire. Mr Glowry's melancholy leads him to choose servants with long... Read Full Overview

World's Classics Deluxe Edition

This book and other World's Classics Deluxe Edition are frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer′s, BBC's and The Telegraph's... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

Mr. Glowry was a very consolate widower with one small child. That child, a son, was named Scythrop after a maternal ancestor who had hanged himself one rainy day in a fit of tedium. The coroner's jury eulogized him and Mr. Glowry held his memory in high honor, and made a punchbowl... Read Full Overview