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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 commonly called blue devils. ... Read more

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This is the first book to offer a literary analysis of Peacock's novels, including the two ironic medieval romances "Maid Marian and" "The Misfortunes of Elphin. Other works included are" "Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Crotchet Castle, The Romances and" "Gryll Grange." ... Read more

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Thomas Love Peacock was a lifelong and assiduous letter writer at a time when the letter was often an art-form in itself. He had a wide circle of friends and correspondents which included Shelley and many Radicals of the early nineteenth century. For the first time, this two-volume edition
gathers together Peacock's extensive correspondence with scholarly annotation. ... Read more