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Nightmare Abbey

by Thomas Love Peacock

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ISBN13: 9781551114163
ISBN10: 155111416x
Condition: Standard
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Mr. Glowry was a very consolate widower, with one small child. That child — a son — was named Scythrop, after a maternal ancestor who had hanged himself one rainy day in a fit of tedium. The coroner's jury eulogized him with the comprehensive phrase of felo de se — on which account Mr. Glowry held his memory in high honor, and made a punchbowl of his skull.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781551114163
Author:
Peacock, Thomas Love
Publisher:
Broadview Pr
Contributor:
Vargo, Lisa (EDT)
Copyright:
Publication Date:
2007-03-31
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
SU
Language:
English

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