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30%OFFTobias Smollett - Humphry Clinker - 9780141441429 - KSG0020939
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Humphry Clinker

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Description for Humphry Clinker Paperback. Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy showing light age. Prevous owners name to half title page otherwise internally text is clear and remains a nice copy

Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter. Peopled with pimps, drunkards, decadents and con-men, Humphrey Clinker displays Smollett’s ferociously pessimistic view of mankind, and his belief that the luxury of eighteenth-century England existence was the enemy of sense and sobriety. Presented in the form of letters from six very different characters, and full of joyful puns and double entendres, Humphrey ... Read more is now recognised as a boisterous and observant masterpiece of English satire.

Jeremy Lewis’s introduction examines why Smollett has become an unjustly neglected figure of English literature, and how the time in which he lived became a crucible for his work. This new edition contains notes, a chronology and suggested reading.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141441429
SKU
KSG0020939
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Tobias Smollett
TOBIAS SMOLLETT was borin near Dunbarton in Scotland in 1721. He was educated at local schools and then at the University of Glasgow, which he left without a degree. He was apprenticed as a surgeon in the city, but in 1739 went to London. In 1740 he sailed with the fleet to the West Indies as surgeon's mate on HMS ... Read more

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