Nightmare Abbey
Nightmare Abbey is an 1818 gothic fiction and horror poetry collection by Thomas Love Peacock. Key subjects include adaptations, kings and rulers, religious and Englisch.
Open Library readers give it an average of 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 59 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 140 editions across 3 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 778 times in the last 30 days.
It runs to roughly 116 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.
About Nightmare Abbey
Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire. This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils.
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“NIGHTMARE ABBEY, a venerable family mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire.”
Quick answers
Who wrote Nightmare Abbey?
Nightmare Abbey was written by Thomas Love Peacock and first published in 1818.
What genre is Nightmare Abbey?
It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Historical Fiction.
How long is Nightmare Abbey?
The median edition has 116 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is Nightmare Abbey free to read?
Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.
What books are similar to Nightmare Abbey?
Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mexican Gothic and The Castle of Otranto.
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