Thomas Love Peacock
/ˌtɒməs lʌv ˈpiːkɒk/
/ˌtɑːməs lʌv ˈpiːkɑːk/
- (1785-1866) an English writer of novels and poetry. He used satire to attack the attitudes of well-known people of his time. For example, in Nightmare Abbey (1818) he makes fun of Coleridge, Shelley and Byron, among others.
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