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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. Crotchet Castle (1831),... Read Full Overview

Like in his earlier novel Headlong Hall, Peacock assembles a group of eccentrics, each with a single monomaniacal obsession, and derives humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations. Peacock's novels are unlike those of other men: they are the genuine... Read Full Overview

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Peacock's sparkling novel is a witty send-up of Romanticism and its excesses. The story centers on a group of intellectuals who gather at Crotchet Castle to discuss philosophy, art, and literature. With its complex wordplay, erudite references, and brilliant satirical insights,... Read Full Overview

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

Crotchet Castle

Crotchet Castle is the sixth novel by Thomas Love Peacock. The story revolves around the Reverend Doctor Folliott, a vigorous middle-aged clergyman with a love for ancient Greek language and literature, who is greatly suspicious of the reform slogan of the "March of Intellect",... Read Full Overview

Peacock's sparkling novel is a witty send-up of Romanticism and its excesses. The story centers on a group of intellectuals who gather at Crotchet Castle to discuss philosophy, art, and literature. With its complex wordplay, erudite references, and brilliant satirical insights,... Read Full Overview

Crotchet Castle is a satirical novel written by Thomas Love Peacock and published in 1831. The story is set in an idyllic English countryside, where a group of intellectuals and eccentric characters gather at the titular Crotchet Castle to discuss various philosophical and political... Read Full Overview

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview