Headlong Hall / Nightmare Abbey - Thomas Love Peacock Reviews
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Newest Review: ... did Tarzan go about expressing the same emotion? Tarzan love Jane. My explaining that should allow you to work out that the ... more
... full answer is THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK. He sounds like a 'sixties pyschedelic band, doesn't he? Maybe he was -- if he wasn't, he should have been. First and foremost, though, he was a writer, born in 1785, died in 1866. In Weymouth and London, respectively. He was only a minor literary figure even in his day, but that's part of what I like about him. That and his name. And his books. Well, two of them, anyway. He wrote seve
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Customer Headlong Hall / Nightmare Abbey - Thomas Love Peacock Reviews (1)
by - written on 17/08/01, updated on 17/08/01 (Very useful, 345 readings)
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Dubious disciple of Tarzan expresses proud ornithophilia (6,4,7). I'm no good at cryptic crosswords. I'd like to think this is because I didn't do them as a kid, but then I never felt any inclination to do them as a kid and where there's no inclination, there's often no ability. Either way, it's a pity, because cryptic crosswords can be great fun. The fun lies in playing with words and ideas in a not very serious way. Rather like reading the books of the writer this review is about. His name is concealed in the cryptic clue above. If you haven't worked it out, don't worry, because I wouldn't have either if I ... Read the complete review
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