Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)
Autor(a) de Nightmare Abbey
About the Author
Thomas Love Peacock was born on October 18, 1785. He was largely self-educated and worked most of his life for the East India Company. During this time, he mastered Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and Welsh. He became chief examiner in 1836 and retired on a pension in 1856. He wrote seven novels mostrar mais during his lifetime including Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Crotchet Castle, and Gryll Grange. He died on January 23, 1866 at the age of 81 from injuries sustained in a fire in which he had attempted to save his library. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Thomas Love Peacock
The Pleasures of Peacock; Comprising in Whole or in Part the Seven Novels of T.L. Peacock (1947) 11 exemplares
Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Love Peacock (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 19) (2018) 11 exemplares
The misfortunes of Elphin and Rhododaphne 9 exemplares
Peacock's Four ages of poetry ; Shelley's Defence of poetry ; Browning's Essay on Shelley (2018) 6 exemplares
The Complete Novels Volume I 6 exemplares
The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock: Volume Two 4 exemplares
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock 1: Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian 3 exemplares
Seamen Three 2 exemplares
The works of Thomas Love Peacock, including his novels, poems, fugitive pieces, criticisms, etc 2 exemplares
Peacock's Four Ages Of Poetry; Shelley's Defense Of Poetry; Browning's Essay On Shelley (1921) (2010) 1 exemplar
Sir Hornbook, Or, Childe Launcelot's Expedition: A Grammatico-allegoriccal Ballad... (2012) 1 exemplar
The Works Of Thomas Love Peacock V1: Including His Novels, Poems, Fugitive Pieces, Criticisms, Etc. (1875) (2010) 1 exemplar
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Volume I 1 exemplar
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Volume II 1 exemplar
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Volume III 1 exemplar
Newark Abbey 1 exemplar
Calidore & miscellanea 1 exemplar
Collected Stories 1 exemplar
The Collected Works of Thomas Love Peacock: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 1 exemplar
Headlong Hall and Other Tales 1 exemplar
The Last Day of Windsor Forest 1 exemplar
The genius of the Thames; a lyrical poem 1 exemplar
Songs from the novels of Thomas Love Peacock 1 exemplar
The War Song of Dinas Vawr {poem} 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contribuidor — 1,042 exemplares
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contribuidor — 249 exemplares
The Queen’s Story Book — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1785-10-18
- Data de falecimento
- 1866-01-23
- Localização do túmulo
- Shepperton Cemetery, Spelthorne, Surrey, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK
Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
HMS Venerable
Maentwrog, Merionethshire, Wales, UK
Wraysbury, Berkshire, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (mostrar todos 9)
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Blackfriars, London, England, UK
Lower Halliford, Middlesex, England, UK - Ocupações
- novelist
poet
satirist
playwright
personal secretary
clerk (mostrar todos 10)
examiner
East India Company official
parliamentary lobbyist
literary critic - Organizações
- British East India Company
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Folio Society (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 67
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 1,596
- Popularidade
- #16,155
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 38
- ISBN
- 252
- Línguas
- 9
- Marcado como favorito
- 10