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Crotchet Castle

by Thomas Love Peacock

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1831
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128
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Thomas Love Peacock gathers a houseful of cranks at the Thames-side seat of the wealthy Mr. Crotchet, and simply lets them talk. Each guest rides a private hobby-horse: a Scottish champion of political economy, a hearty clergyman who distrusts the fashionable 'march of mind,' a young romantic convinced the twelfth century beat the nineteenth, and assorted reformers and schemers. Very little happens by way of plot, which is rather the point. The comedy lives in the clash of opinions over long dinners and riverside excursions, as Peacock skewers the intellectual crazes of 1830s England. Slim, sharp, and eminently quotable, this 1831 satire remains one of his best-loved conversation novels.

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Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was an English novelist and poet, and a close friend of Percy Shelley. Largely self-taught, he spent his career at the East India Company while writing satirical conversation novels that skewered the intellectual fashions of his day.

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First published
1831
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
128
Language
English
Genre
Satire
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