Three Novels - Headlong Hall - Nightmare Abbey - Crotchet Castle

By Thomas Love Peacock

Book Overview

This volume contains three novels by English novelist Thomas Love Peacock, including "Headlong Hall", "Nightmare Abbey", and "Crotchet Castle".

Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 - 23 January 1866) was an English poet, novelist, and important figure in the East India Company. A good friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, they both had a significant influence on each other's work. Peacock was most famous for writing satirical novels, which usually involved characters sat around a table discussing contemporary philosophical ideas. This collection is not to be missed by lovers of Peacock's marvellous work, and it would make a fine addition to any discerning bookshelf. Other notable works by this author include: "Maid Marian" (1822), "Gryll Grange" (1861), and "Melincourt" (1817).

This volume is here republished in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140679502X
• ISBN13: 9781406795028
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"