Crotchet Castle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Ebenezer Mac Crotchet, Young Crotchet, Lemma Crotchet, Susannah Touchandgo, Mr. Chainmail, Captain Fitzchrome, Lady Clarinda Bossnowl
- 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
The Story:
The squire of Crotchet Castle was descended from Scottish and Jewish ancestors, but he tried to assume the demeanor of a traditional English country squire. He had great ability in making money, and he used his wealth to buy a manor and a coat of arms. With his wife dead and his son in London, the squire lived alone with his daughter. Young Crotchet, who had inherited his father’s love for money, had taken his father’s gift of a large sum and turned it into enormous profits. His business dealings were shady, however, and many people thought his day of reckoning...
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