''Calthorpe, or Fallen Fortunes'' is an 1821

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by the British writer

Thomas Gaspey Thomas Gaspey (31 March 1788 – 8 December 1871) was an English novelist and journalist. Gaspey was born in Hoxton as the son of William Gaspey, a lieutenant in the navy. While a youth he wrote verses for yearly pocket-books, and when about twe ...

. It was published in three volumes by the

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firm

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. Partly set in

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amongst British

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, it contains a

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. The negative portrayal of

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s and

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is a recurring theme in British literature of the era.Michie p.152

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Bibliography

* Burwick, Frederick Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long . ''The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. * Michie, Ranald. ''War On Wealth, The: Fact And Fiction In British Finance Since 1800''. World Scientific, 2023. 1821 British novels Novels by Thomas Gaspey Longman books Novels set in Germany {{1820s-novel-stub