John Tobin

The Faro Table; Or, the Guardians. a Comedy. [with a Prologue by T. L. Peacock.] John Tobin

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Faro Table; or, The Guardians. A comedy. [With a prologue by T. L. Peacock.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Tobin, John; Peacock, Thomas Love; 1816. 54 p.; 8 . 643.f.21.(3.) Contributor Bio:  Tobin, John J. J. M. Tobin, Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston, is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Fulbright Scholar who has taught at Boston College, York University in Toronto and Boston State College. He has edited The Complete English Poems of George Herbert (Penguin Classics, 1992, second edition 2001) and served as the contributing editor on the second edition of The Riverside Shakespeare (1997). He has published a number of notes and articles and a book, Shakespeare's Favorite Novel (1984), dealing with the sources, chronology and texts of Shakespeare, Milton, and other Renaissance writers. He is currently editing Shakespeare's history play King John for the Arden series. Contributor Bio:  Peacock, Thomas Love Thomas Love Peacock was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock's satirical work is unique and has had few imitators. His most notable novels include: Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, Headlong Hall, Crotchet Castle.