Thomas Love Peacock

Quotes

• “Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.”

• “When Scythrop grew up, he was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.”

• “Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.”

• “There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it. The first is obvious, mechanical, and plebeian; the second is most refined, abstract, prospicient, and canonical.”

• “The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.”

Books by Thomas Love Peacock in order

Books by Thomas Love Peacock in the order they were published, from The Philosophy of Melancholy (1812) to The Three Doctors - A Musical Farce in Two Acts (2018).

1. 1The Philosophy of MelancholyThe Philosophy of Melancholy1812
2. 2Headlong HallHeadlong Hall1816
3. 3MelincourtMelincourt1817
4. 4Nightmare AbbeyNightmare Abbey1818
5. 5Rhododaphne, Or, The Thessalian Spell: A PoemRhododaphne, Or, The Thessalian Spell: A Poem1818
6. 6Maid MarianMaid Marian1822
7. 7The Misfortunes of ElphinThe Misfortunes of Elphin1829
8. 8Crotchet Castle, by the Author of Headlong HallCrotchet Castle, by the Author of Headlong Hall1831
9. 9Standard NovelsStandard Novels1837
10. 10Gryll GrangeGryll Grange1861
11. 11Gl' Ingannati ... The DeceivedGl' Ingannati ... The Deceived1862
12. 12The Works of Thomas Love PeacockThe Works of Thomas Love Peacock1875
13. 13Calidore & Miscellanea [by] T. Love Peacock. Ed. By Richard Calidore & Miscellanea [by] T. Love Peacock. Ed. By Richard Garnett1891
14. 14The Poems of Thomas Love PeacockThe Poems of Thomas Love Peacock1900
15. 15Peacock's Memoirs of ShelleyPeacock's Memoirs of Shelley1909
16. 16Peacock's Four Ages of Poetry ; Shelley's Defence of Poetry Peacock's Four Ages of Poetry ; Shelley's Defence of Poetry ; Browning's Essay on Shelley1921
17. 17The Misfortunes of Elphin and Crotchet CastleThe Misfortunes of Elphin and Crotchet Castle1924
18. 18PoemsPoems1927
19. 19Selections from Thomas Love PeacockSelections from Thomas Love Peacock1928
20. 20Three Novels: Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, CrotchetcastleThree Novels: Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, Crotchetcastlem1940
21. 21Memoirs of ShelleyMemoirs of Shelley1970
22. 22Headlong Hall ; and, Gryll GrangeHeadlong Hall ; and, Gryll Grange1987
23. 23The Three Doctors - A Musical Farce in Two ActsThe Three Doctors - A Musical Farce in Two Acts2018