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About A Thomas Love Peacock Collection (Unabridged)

A Thomas Love Peacock Collection Narration by Graham Scott Also featuring the voices of Alan Weyman, Denis Daly, Rachel May, and Terah Tucker. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was a linguist and scholar who spent much of his working life as an influential official of the East India Company. He had a wide circle of literary friends, which included Coleridge and Shelley, and his early works were poems, some of a considerable length. In 1815 his first novel, Headlong Hall , was published, and between that year and 1831, he published a further five novels. His final completed novel, Gryll Grange , was written in 1860 and published the following year. Peacock also produced a number of articles on literary and historical subjects, and some other long poems, which have faded into obscurity. This collection contains the following titles: 1) Headlong Hall - 1815 2) Nightmare Abbey - 1818 3) Maid Marian - 1822 4) The Misfortunes of Elphin - 1829 5) Crotchet Castle - 1831 6) Gryll Grange - 1861 7) Calidore - 1816 8) Miscellany - 1820-1862 9) Melincourt - 1817 Texts prepared by Denis Daly and Alan Weyman. Music for songs composed and arranged by Alan Weyman. Audio edited by Denis Daly and Alan Weyman.