Nightmare Abbey Folio Society

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By Thomas Love Peacock. London: The Folio Society, 1994. First Printing Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Drawings and wood engravings by … more By Thomas Love Peacock. London: The Folio Society, 1994. First Printing Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Drawings and wood engravings by Peter Forster. Decorative violet and black cloth spine and boards. Violet publisher's top stain. A beautiful volume!

"Peacock's novels, better called satires or conversations, are among the most pleasureable books in existence. Pleasure is their topic: ease, health, leisure, walking, fine weather, company talk and ideas. Much of the talk takes place at at table , accompanied by superb food and drink - pleasures enjoyed in real life by a man of classical tastes and a remarkable digestion.In 'Nightmare Abbey', Peacock relinquishes his usual cheerful country house in a beautiful landscape and situates Nightmare Abbey, 'a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens', in the flat countryside of Lincolnshire looking out on the North Sea. Among the strange inhabitants/guests at the Abbey are Mr. Asterias and his son, who are trying to catch a mermaid in the hope of establishing a common ancestry." less