Crotchet Castle (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Love Peacock
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fiction of manners
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, England or English people, Castles, Human behavior, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Money, Wealth
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Crotchet Castle (kroh-SHAY). House in England’s Thames Valley. Not a true castle, it stands on the summit of a hill whose slopes are wooded, overlooking a grassy valley punctuated with juniper bushes. The hill still bears slight but clear traces of ancient Roman occupation. The opinion that it was once a military station or castellum—a theory robustly defended by the Reverend Dr. Folliott—provides a further excuse for its misleading name, although it is commonly referred to in the text as a mere camp.
Within the house the breakfast room is...
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