Books author - "Thomas Love Peacock"
Description Published in 1818, Peacockβs novella Nightmare Abbey is a gentle satire of the then-popular gothic movement in literature. He pokes fun at the genreβs obsessions and most of the bookβs characters are caricatures of well-known personages of the time. Young Scythrop is the only son of Mr. Glowry, living in the semi-ruined Nightmare Abbey on his estate in Lincolnshire. Mr. Glowry, the survivor of a miserable marriage, is addicted to the depressing and the morbid, surrounding himself
Description Published in 1818, Peacockβs novella Nightmare Abbey is a gentle satire of the then-popular gothic movement in literature. He pokes fun at the genreβs obsessions and most of the bookβs characters are caricatures of well-known personages of the time. Young Scythrop is the only son of Mr. Glowry, living in the semi-ruined Nightmare Abbey on his estate in Lincolnshire. Mr. Glowry, the survivor of a miserable marriage, is addicted to the depressing and the morbid, surrounding himself