Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting — characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day.

Read more about Thomas Love Peacock:  Background and Education, Early Occupation and Travelling, Friendship With Shelley, East India Company, Later Life, Family, Works

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