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Title: Nightmare Abbey & Crotchet Castle (Penguin English Library El 45) by Thomas Love Peacock ISBN: 0-14-043045-8 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Really humourous book
Comment: Nightmare Abbey is absolutely wonderful for the most part. Love Peacock has a very witty and slightly subversive take on the concept of Romanticism. His attacks on the melancholy aspects of the period are especially amusing, the owner of Nightmare Abbey who only employs servants with depressing looks, and even more depressing names is brilliantly written. The only downside to the novel is the dialogue which I found quite difficult in comparison to the main narrative, but it was definately worth the effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the most humorous books ever
Comment: This is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read. Two separate novels from one of the premier wits and classical scholars of the last century, both dealing with contemporary figures, mildly disguised, and contemporary issues.
If you find Gothic novels far too over the top, or delight in parody of the likes of Byron, Coleridge, and Shelley, you'll love this book, which includes touching descriptions of British landscape along with its heavy dose of good-natured mockery.
The introduction and footnotes are gems as well. If only the complete run of Peacock novels were in print in this fashion.
A must for anyone interested in Romanticism, British history, and good fun!
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Title: The Mysteries of Udolpho (Oxford World's Classics) by Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobree, Terry Castle ISBN: 0192825232 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, Angus Ross ISBN: 0140432159 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1986 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter, Sir Scott, Tony Inglis ISBN: 0140431292 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Melmoth the Wanderer (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)) by Charles Maturin ISBN: 0192835920 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Hugh (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Victor Sage ISBN: 0140437460 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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