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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. 1 of 3
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-21
508			_aRichard Hulse, Branka P 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. 1 of 3" is a comic-satiric novel written in the early 19th century. It follows Victor St. Alban’s visit to his wealthy, volcanic uncle Peter Tweazy in an English village, unfolding as a string of sharp, humorous portraits of local characters—meddlers, moralists, pretenders, and a few true benefactors. The likely focus is manners and misanthropy in small-town life, with Uncle Tweazy’s prickly temper and Victor’s bright-eyed narration supplying both conflict and comedy. The opening of the novel shows Victor arriving to court his uncle’s favor and instantly colliding with the old man’s contrariness through a cascade of mishaps—muddy shoes, a bell rung too hard, a door slammed, and a sequence of garden calamities (unripe peaches, a snapped cherry branch, a toppled espalier, and even a shattered pane), all half-salvaged by long-suffering Geoffry. Over dinner Victor bungles sauces, Tweazy grimly hints at a love-wound that soured his life, and Dr. Tonic, the village apothecary and newsmonger, bursts in to gossip, drink, and cribbage. The next day brings a village round: the pedantic lawyer Prolix, the kind rector Dr. Markwell (who expects an orphan ward), and the generous Lady Lustre, contrasted with a “Windfall” heir raised by caprice. Back at home, Tonic returns—bragging, scandal-dropping, and losing at cards—while a comical stream of invitations arrives from upwardly mobile locals (notably the domineering Mrs. Henpeck and the retired “hair-contractor” Macfriz). The section culminates at the Tonics’ crowded dinner, where provincial pretension and gossip peak: a patient screams through a tooth extraction next door, guests spar over cod’s “sounds,” names, morals, and fashionable trifles, and Victor coolly observes the foibles of Mrs. Deposit, Mrs. Fungus, the Widow Quiz, and parson Faddle. Throughout, Tweazy’s sour exactitude, Victor’s amused patience, and a parade of quizzical neighbors set the satiric tone and hint at future entanglements—especially with the mysterious young ward soon to arrive at the rectory. (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/uncletweazyhisqu02obse
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77997
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