Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866), an English novelist and poet, wrote a number of satirical novels. They are Headlong Hall (1816), Melincourt (1817), Nightmare Abbey (1818), Crochet Castle (1831), and Gryll Grange (1860). Within these novels, a number of unusual characters, caricatures of various contemporary social types, meet at a country house and hold long discussions, criticizing people, customs, politics, and manners. The novels include songs, poems, and nonsense verse.
Peacock was born on Oct. 18, 1785, in Weymouth, in the county of Dorset, England. He died on Jan. 23, 1866.
