The seventh and final novel of Thomas Love Peacock followed the others after a silence of thirty years, its typical Peacockian format intact: an idyllic country-house setting, a genial host, many opinionated guests, and a romantic love interest. Like all of Peacock’s novels, Gryll Grange dissects the philosophy, manners and culture of his day through a sparkling cocktail of dialogue and poetry.
Thomas Love Peacock - Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was a satirist and author, and a close friend of
Percy Bysshe Shelley. He worked for the British East India Company.
Anthony Lejeune - Award winning broadcaster, journalist and author, read classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was an exhibitioner in Greek.
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