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Humphry Clinker (Penguin Classics) by Tobias George Smollett, Shaun Regan, Jeremy Lewis, Angus Ross is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Humphry Clinker (Penguin Classics) about?
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 Clinker 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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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Tobias George Smollett, Shaun Regan, Jeremy Lewis, Angus Ross
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101494059
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Classics
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