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LibriVox recording of Nightmare Abbey,by Thomas Love Peacock. Read by Mark F. Smith
Deep in the fens of the British coast sits the gloomy mansion that goes by the name Nightmare Abbey. It is inhabited by persons of very low opinion of the human race, and in fact they pride themselves in the depths of their detestation. Others of its denizens believe the ultimate exercise and product of the human mind ought to be chaos.
Now let the young master of the house get snared by the wiles of a beautiful young lady. And for good measure, toss in another beautiful young lady. Now Scythrop (named in honor of an ancestor who became bored with life and hanged himself) is about to find that two such make too much of a good thing!
Peacock wrote Nightmare Abbey as a satire, and he has folded in allusions to or quotations from literally dozens of other works. He makes use of many long, impressive-sounding words (some of which he very possibly made up!). Ignore these and his occasional Latin phrase, treat the rest as a farce, and you're on track for a fun listen!(Summary by Mark F. Smith)
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Peacock, Thomas Love
Date: 2009-08-27
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: libriVox:Audiobooks:Satire
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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Reviewer:
mikezane -
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Not a fan of this book.
First of all, the opening chapters were not very interesting. I realize the book is supposed to be a satire, but I didn't find it very satirical in nature or tone. Second, the ending is depressing.
The reading is fabulous, so if you like this type of story, go for it.
