The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (English Library)
This book offers a fascinating picture of eighteenth-century society. Tough, splenetic, and widely experienced, of all the great novelists of his time Tobias Smollett is the one who registered best the bawdy, brutal side of the eighteenth-century life. Towards the end of his life, however, he...
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This book offers a fascinating picture of eighteenth-century society. Tough, splenetic, and widely experienced, of all the great novelists of his time Tobias Smollett is the one who registered best the bawdy, brutal side of the eighteenth-century life. Towards the end of his life, however, he grew mellower, and "Humphrey Clinker" (1771) is a tale of high good humour. Squire Bramble's picaresque tour of the Britain of George III has enough eccentric characters and comic adventures for several lifetimes, and a wealth of local colour.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140430219 (0140430210)
ASIN: 0140430210
Publish date: 1967-05-30
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
English Literature,
18th Century,
Scotland,
Fiction
Listened to the Librivox recording. I believe this was the ideal way for me to consume this tale. The sections run from about 3-30 minutes, usually leaning toward under 10 minutes, which makes it fly by despite the 80+ missives. It had me in tears at some points, most memorably when the uncle (Matt...
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