Thomas Love Peacock, Gryll Grange

James Mulvihill (University of Alberta)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1860 - 1861

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel
Satire

Resources

Thirty years separate Thomas Love Peacock's last novel, Gryll Grange (1861), from his other novels. A number of factors help to explain this three-decade silence – among them Peacock's duties at the East India House where he had succeeded James Mill in 1836 as director of the Examiner's Office. His mother had died in 1833 – afterwards, according to a friend, “he wrote with little interest” – and Peacock was left alone to care for an invalid wife and three children, two of whom he survived. Yet the typical Peacockian format of Gryll Grange remains intact: an idyllic country-house setting, a genial host, many opinionated guests, and a romantic live interest. If somewhat dated in this respect, the novel was …

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

1222 words

Citation: Mulvihill, James. "Gryll Grange". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=9867, accessed 25 November 2024.]

Save this article