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Headlong Hall was an instant success upon its anonymous first appearance in 1816. Like most of Peacock's novels, it assembles a group of characters — Mr Cranium, Miss Poppyseed, Mr Treacle and others — who, while eating and drinking to abandon, discuss topics which were then of interest to Peacock and his circle of intellectual friends. Some of the figures are thinly-disgused portraits of contemporaries (Mr Escot, for example, is widely thought to be modelled on Shelley); others embody current views of the age, and are held up to scorn. There is a minimum of plot, but much discussion in a unique and lively style, and with burlesque Rabelaisan humour; throughout, Peacock uses the work to parody contemporary thinking in a variety of disparate areas, including utilitarianism, vegetarianism, aesthetics, music, poetry, art criticism, and so on. In the meantime there is dancing and drinking and falling in love. This edition contains an introduction by America's master of science fantasy, RAY BRADBURY, who adds his own special touch to this feast of ideas and language.
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As for having characters lecture on life, what a vice it is! And always unsatisfactory, even in the hands of Dr. Mann. Peacock and the early Huxley did it best... THE NEW YORKER
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- PublisherCamden House
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1571132600
- ISBN 13 9781571132604
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages96
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Ray Bradbury at the title page, beneath his name. Bradbury wrote the introduction. Blue cloth with gold titles, near fine with bumped spine head. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Text bright and unmarked. Signed. Seller Inventory # BBS-2014642
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Headlong Hall
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Ray Bradbury at FFEP to Herb Yellin of Lord John Press, with a small note. Bradbury wrote the introduction. Blue cloth with gold titles, very good with lightly bumped spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Interior clean, text unmarked. Signed. Seller Inventory # BBS-2014641
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