Thomas Love Peacock

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Title: The Halliford edition of the works of Thomas Love Peacock. Edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith & C. E. Jones.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Peacock, Thomas Love; Brett-Smith, Herbert Francis Brett; Jones, C.E.; null null 12268.f.9.

Two sparkling social satires on progress, tradition, and the absurdities of intellectual fashion. A master of comic wit and biting satire, Thomas Love Peacock turns his sharp eye to the ideological battles of 19th-century Britain in Crotchet Castle and Gryll Grange, his final two novels. Blending humour, erudition, and playful irreverence, these brilliant comedies explore the follies of intellectual fashion, the tension between modernity and tradition, and the eternal question of what makes a life truly worth living. In Crotchet Castle (1831), an eccentric country house becomes the stage for an animated clash of ideas, as economists, reformers, medievalists, and scientists debate the future of society. With a cast of unforgettable characters—including pompous political theorists, utopian dreamers, and champions of outdated aristocratic values—Peacock offers a hilarious yet insightful critique of grandiose ideologies and social dogma. In Gryll Grange (1860), Peacock’s final novel, the satire is softened with a charming reflection on love, leisure, and the simple pleasures of life. The cultured and independent-minded Mr. Falconer, weary of modernity’s relentless pace, chooses a life of quiet retreat—until romance and a new generation of reformers challenge his convictions. With its elegant prose, sparkling dialogues, and a subtle undercurrent of nostalgia, Gryll Grange is Peacock’s most philosophical and reflective work. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners, Oscar Wilde’s razor-sharp wit, and the intellectual playfulness of Laurence Sterne, Crotchet Castle & Gryll Grange showcases Peacock at his most incisive, entertaining, and relevant. This P-Wave Classics edition brings these two novels together in a single volume, making them available to a new generation of readers who delight in satire, conversation, and the pleasures of the mind. With an introduction and notes by L.A. DAVENPORT.