Essential Novelists - Thomas Love Peacock - criticism of common sense

Thomas Love Peacock, August Nemo

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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.
For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Thomas Love Peacock wich are Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey.
Thomas Love Peacock satirized the intellectual tendencies of his day in novels in which conversation predominates over character or plot. His best verse is interspersed in his novels.
Novels selected for this book:

- Headlong Hall.
- Nightmare Abbey.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Disponibile da: 09/05/2020.

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