Headlong Hall: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Headlong Hall is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Peacock, Thomas Love (1785–1866).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Headlong Hall" by Thomas Love Peacock is a novella written in 1815 and published in 1816. At a Welsh country estate, Squire Headlong hosts a Christmas gathering of eccentric philosophers and intellectuals, each obsessed with a single idea. A perfectibilian, a deteriorationist, and a statu-quoite clash in spirited debates, joined by a phrenologist, a musician, and a popular novelist. Through dinners and festivities, Peacock crafts a humorous social satire from their conversations and curious interactions, blending wit with commentary on early nineteenth-century intellectual culture.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Headlong Hall
- Author credits: Peacock, Thomas Love (1785–1866)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Satire, English
- Upper class -- England -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Humour
- Category: Novels
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