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Melincourt

Name: Melincourt
Author: Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock

Melincourt is the second novel of Thomas Love Peacock, published in 1817. It is based on the "idea of an orang-outang mimicking humanity" . An orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-Ton is put forward as a candidate for election as a Member of Parliament.

“The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.”

Thomas Love Peacock book Melincourt

Melincourt, chapter XXIV.

“Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.”

Thomas Love Peacock book Melincourt

Melincourt, chapter VII (1817).

“There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it. The first is obvious, mechanical, and plebeian; the second is most refined, abstract, prospicient, and canonical.”

Thomas Love Peacock book Melincourt

Melincourt, chapter XVI.

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