Thomas Love Peacock 
Gryll Grange (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

Peacock’s seventh and final novel, published in 1861, brought a mellow tone to the author’s satire but found his discursive powers intact.  Included are several poems, a wedding for eighteen, comedy, philosophy, and satire. An 1896 review in the
New York Times opined:  ‘Sentimental adventures, love making, and festival making comprise the framework only of this singular work, which is full of learning, classical and strange, and rich in poetry.’

A propos de l’auteur

Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was an English novelist and poet, an intimate of Shelley and other Romantic poets.  His best-known novel, Nightmare Abbey (1818), was a satire of gothic novels and the Romantic movement.  His death had a certain tragic irony:  he succumbed to injuries sustained while attempting to rescue his books from a fire.