Nightmare Abbey

This 1818 novel is set in a former abbey whose owner, Christopher Glowry, is host to visitors who enjoy his hospitality and engage in endless debate. Among these guests are figures recognizable to Peacock's contemporaries, including characters based on Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Mr. Glowry's son Scythrop (also modeled on a famous Romantic, Peacock's friend Percy Bysshe Shelley) locks himself up in a tower where he reads German tragedies and transcendental philosophy and develops a "passion for reforming the world." Disappointed in love, a sorrowful Scythrop decides the only thing to do is to commit suicide, but circumstances persuade him to instead follow his father in a love of misanthropy and Madeira. In addition to satire and comic romance, Nightmare Abbey presents a biting critique of the texts we view as central to British romanticism.

Acest roman din 1818 se afla intr-o fosta manastire al carei proprietar, Christopher Glowry, gazduieste vizitatorii care se bucura de ospitalitatea sa si se angajeaza intr-o dezbatere interminabila. Printre acesti invitati se numara figuri recunoscute de contemporanii lui Peacock, inclusiv personaje bazate pe Lord Byron si Samuel Taylor Coleridge.