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100	1		_aAuthor of the Observant pedestrian, Montrose, Mystic cottager, &c. &c.
245	1	0	_aUncle Tweazy and his quizzical neighbours, vol. 2 of 3
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-11
508			_aCarla Foust, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"Uncle Tweazy and his quizzical neighbours, vol. 2 : a comi-satiric novel" is a comic-satiric novel written in the early 19th century. Set in a country parish, it skewers provincial pretension and gossip through the sharp-eyed Uncle Tweazy and his nephew, Victor St. Alban. Its central thread is Victor’s instant infatuation with the angelic Rosa Fitzclarence of the Rectory, counterpointed by his uncle’s aching memory of a lost first love, while a bustling gallery of neighbours provides farce and social satire. The opening of the novel follows Uncle Tweazy and Victor to the Rectory, where Rosa’s beauty, harp-playing, and voice transfix them—so much so that Uncle Tweazy later reveals his sorrowful past with Cecilia Delmond, whose fate echoes in Rosa’s features. Dr. Tonic barges in with village gossip, and a run of episodes ensues: a flashy masked-party invite from Mrs. Fungus, a coarse encounter with the miller’s wife and the filthy baker Sponge, and a gracious tour of Lady Lustre’s grounds. A boisterous dinner at Mrs. Henpeck’s parades caricatures—Munchausen’s absurd boasts, the henpecked host, and petty spats—before Sunday service showcases Rosa’s devout singing and magnetism for the whole congregation. Back at the Rectory, talk of sermons and scandal gives way to a gentle botanical walk where Victor and Rosa quietly bond. Plans to return for tea risk being spoiled by Dr. Tonic’s intrusion, and the section closes as uncle and nephew set out for the Rectory, hoping to avoid him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cLondon: W. Simpkin and R.Marshall, 1816
653			_aSatire
653			_aHumorous stories
653			_aInheritance and succession -- Fiction
653			_aLove stories
653			_aUncles -- Fiction
653			_aEngland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
653			_aNephews -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/uncletweazyhisqu03obse
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/uncletweazyhisqu02obse
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/uncletweazyhisqu01obse
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77028
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