Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was a lifelong and assiduous letter-writer at a time when the familiar letter was often virtually an art-form in itself. He had a wide circle of correspondents, and was a close friend of Shelley, whom he assisted over both personal and business affairs after Shelley's abandonment of his wife Harriet and departure to Italy. Friend also of many Radicals of the early 19th century, his letters often display the satiric wit of his published prose works such as "Headlong Hall" and "Crotchet Castle". In the later part of his life he rose to high position in the East India Company's service, succeeding James Mill, under whom he had worked, as Examiner. His extensive correspondence has been gathered together and given scholarly annotation in this two-volume edition, which should be of use both to students of Romantic literature and to historians of the period.
- ISBN10 0198187734
- ISBN13 9780198187738
- Publish Date 28 February 2001
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 19 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Language English