Nightmare Abbey (Peacock). Hmm, well, I would never have put that book on the Top 100 list. Granted, it was #100, but still. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a huge satire about the melancholy existence of some of England's great poets, and their woe-be-gone angst. I had to actually go and read about the book to understand it, and once I did...then it made a little more sense. The main character, Scythrop, the gloomy Mr. Glowry's dramatic son and heir, lives in the tower of Nightmare Abbey. He's supposed to be a representation of Percy Bysshe Shelley. And, the two ladies he falls for, Marionetta and Stella, are supposed to be Percy's two great loves. Anyway, with character names like Mr. Listless, Mr. Toobad, Mr. Asterius, and his son Aquarius, the book does bring a smile to my face at times. And, there are a few good lines to boot, especially from Mr. Listless. Mostly, it's just an 80 page forum for the author to discuss all manner of thoughts, like transcendentalism, etc., that poets discussed in the day. There's also a Mr. Flosky, who is supposed to be Samuel Coleridge, and a Mr. Cypress who is supposed to be Lord Byron. There are a couple of twisty surprises, but for the most part, I would put Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband or GB Shaw's Heartbreak House or Moliere's Tartuffe on the list of Top 100 way before I'd put this one there. :-)