Title: Nightmare AbbeyAuthor: Thomas Love PeacockStory level 3Audio book with subtitleNightmare Abbey is a novel by Thomas Love Peacock in Deep in the. Nightmare Abbey is a minor classic of gothic comedy, in the vein of Northanger Abbey. Thomas Peacock hung out with the Shelleys and their crew; his protagonist here, Scythorp Glowry, is based on Percy Bysshe. It's slight and short and fun. Peacock is one of those authors who takes pleasure in making sentences and cares less for where they end up/5. · Thomas Love Peacock's novel, Nightmare Abbey, is a lighthearted satire of the burgeoning Romantic movement in literature and, in particular, the .
Nightmare Abbey was written in by Thomas Love Peacock. It is a gothic satire, which delights in parodying the current fashions of the time, such as the Romantic Movement in Literature and Transcendental Philosophy. Although the modern reader can enjoy these witty descriptions even today, it is. Nightmare Abbey. Thomas Love Peacock ( - ). Deep in the fens of the British coast sits the gloomy mansion that goes by the name Nightmare Abbey. It is inhabited by persons of very low opinion of the human race, and in fact they pride themselves in the depths of their detestation. Thomas Love Peacock ( - ) was a brilliant satirist and author and Nightmare Abbey is a wonderful example of his work. Part Swift, part Bunyan, the inhabitants of Nightmare Abbey are foils for Peacock's observations on the zeigeist and fads of his day with a wit so sharp you can shave with it.
Nightmare Abbey was Peacock's third long work of fiction to be published. It was written in late March and June , and published in London in November of the same year. The novella was lightly revised by the author in for republication in Volume 57 of Bentley's Standard Novels. The book is Peacock's most well-liked and frequently-read work. Thomas Love Peacock's novel, Nightmare Abbey, is a lighthearted satire of the burgeoning Romantic movement in literature and, in particular, the fashionable gloom evinced by its leading. 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 systems. Most of the characters in the novel are based on historical figures whom Peacock wishes to pillory.
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