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Headlong HallThomas Love Peacock

Headlong Hall

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Original author: Thomas Love Peacock

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"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.

Headlong Hall, by Thomas Love Peacock. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #12803.

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22 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter519 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Mail1,309 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Squire--The Breakfast1,617 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Arrivals1,186 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: The Grounds1,639 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Dinner3,250 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The Evening1,841 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Walk2,375 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Tower1,554 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: The Sexton1,548 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Skull1,027 words
  1. 12.Chapter XI: The Anniversary1,109 words
  2. 13.Chapter XII: The Lecture1,348 words
  3. 14.Chapter XIII: The Ball3,555 words
  4. 15.Chapter XIV: The Proposals2,403 words
  5. 16.Chapter XV: The Conclusion876 words
  6. 17.Chapter 1178 words
  7. 18.Chapter 3285 words
  8. 19.Chapter 6: 6.1 See Knight on Taste135 words
  9. 20.Chapter 15238 words
  10. 21.Chapter 5: paragraph 33: replaced emdash before "Exactly, sir: an' ye"80 words
  11. 22.Chapter 11: paragraph 3: replaced "y" in "Vouley" with "z" -- it51 words