Headlong Hall
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-07-02 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #12803 |
Description
"Headlong Hall" by Thomas Love Peacock is a novella written in 1815 and published in 1816. At a Welsh country estate, Squire Headlong hosts a Christmas gathering of eccentric philosophers and intellectuals, each obsessed with a single idea. A perfectibilian, a deteriorationist, and a statu-quoite clash in spirited debates, joined by a phrenologist, a musician, and a popular novelist. Through dinners and festivities, Peacock crafts a humorous social satire from their conversations and curious interactions, blending wit with commentary on early nineteenth-century intellectual culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)