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Melincourt (en Inglés)
Thomas Love Peacock (Autor)
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Melincourt (en Inglés) - Thomas Love Peacock
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Can an orangutan expose the absurdities of civilisation more clearly than its most polished representatives? Sir Oran Haut-Ton, presented as the "natural man", brings a provocative comic presence to a world preoccupied with rank, respectability and reform. Through biting irony, caricature and spirited philosophical debate, supposedly civilised behaviour is measured against human nature-and repeatedly found open to question. Anthelia Melincourt is wealthy, orphaned and determined to preserve her independence, living in a grand, partly ruined castle amid the wilds of Westmoreland. Her encounters with fortune-seeking suitors sharpen this romantic satire's scrutiny of marriage as a contest shaped by money, status and social expectation. Yet courtship is only one arena for the novel's restless intelligence: eccentric figures collide in conversations that probe political corruption, human rights, slavery and the possibility of moral reform. Dialogue drives the comedy as forcefully as romantic intrigue. Arguments become social encounters, fashionable assumptions invite ridicule, and the boundary between reason and folly shifts according to who is speaking. The unusual pairing of an independent heroine and an orangutan cast as natural man gives this social satire its distinctive edge, while its blend of philosophical fiction and comedy keeps questions of class, freedom and human conduct in lively contention. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.
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