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Gryll Grange

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Original author: Thomas Love Peacock

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"Gryll Grange" by Thomas Love Peacock is a novel published in 1861. In this witty final work, the eccentric Mr. Gryll hopes to find a suitable husband for his particular niece Morgana, who has rejected countless suitors. Enter the reclusive Mr. Falconer, who lives in a tower attended by seven mysterious sisters and devoted to contemplating ideal beauty. As Christmas approaches and guests gather at Gryll Grange, romantic entanglements multiply while the characters debate ancient wisdom versus modern progress through elaborate dinners, classical quotations, and an Aristophanic comedy.

Gryll Grange, by Thomas Love Peacock. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #21514.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction2,193 words
  2. 2.Introduction335 words
  3. 3.Chapter I: Misnomers2,097 words
  4. 4.Chapter II: The Squire and His Niece1,114 words
  5. 5.Chapter III: The Duke's Folly2,256 words
  6. 6.Chapter IV: The Forest--A Soliloquy on Hair2,362 words
  7. 7.Chapter V: The Seven Sisters772 words
  8. 8.Chapter VI: The Rustic Lover1,332 words
  9. 9.Chapter VII: The Vicar and His Wife--Families of Love--The Newspaper1,516 words
  10. 10.Chapter VIII: Pantopragmatics844 words
  11. 11.Chapter IX: Saint Catharine1,924 words
  12. 12.Chapter X: The Thunderstorm918 words
  13. 13.Chapter XI: Electrical Science--The Death of Philemon1,595 words
  14. 14.Chapter XII: The Forest Dell--The Power of Love--The Lottery of Marriage2,904 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIII: Lord Curryfin--Siberian Dinners--Social Monotony2,244 words
  16. 16.Chapter XIV: Music and Painting--Jack of Dover2,509 words
  17. 17.Chapter XV2,245 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVI2,294 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVII: Horse-Taming--Love in Dilemma--Injunctions--Sonorous Vases2,450 words
  1. 20.Chapter XVIII: Lectures--The Power of Public Opinion--A New Order of Chivalry1,505 words
  2. 21.Chapter XIX: A Symposium--Transatlantic Tendencies--After-Dinner Lectures--Education3,148 words
  3. 22.Chapter XX: Algernon and Morgana--Opportunity and Repentance--The Forest in Winter2,189 words
  4. 23.Chapter XXI: Skating--Pas De Deux on the Ice--Congeniality--Flints Among Bones1,814 words
  5. 24.Chapter XXII: The Seven Against Thebes--A Soliloquy on Christmas1,622 words
  6. 25.Chapter XXIII: The Two Quadrilles--Pope's Ombre--Poetical Truth to Nature--Cleopatra2,376 words
  7. 26.Chapter XXIV: Progress of Sympathy--Love's Injunctions--Orlando Innamorato2,138 words
  8. 27.Chapter XXV: Harry and Dorothy838 words
  9. 28.Chapter XXVI: Doubts and Questions859 words
  10. 29.Chapter XXVII: Love in Memory1,420 words
  11. 30.Chapter XXVIII: Aristophanes in London2,493 words
  12. 31.Chapter XXIX: The Bald Venus--Inez De Castro--The Unity of Love1,754 words
  13. 32.Chapter XXX: A Captive Knight--Richard and Alice1,811 words
  14. 33.Chapter XXXI1,958 words
  15. 34.Chapter XXXII2,920 words
  16. 35.Chapter XXXIII: The Conquest of Thebes725 words
  17. 36.Chapter XXXIV3,935 words
  18. 37.Chapter XXXV: Rejected Suitors--Conclusion1,470 words