Humphry Clinker
by Smollett, Tobias
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The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiece- now in a new edition A triumph of English satire, Humphry Clinker was published just three months prior to its author's death in 1771. At its heart is Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope who travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister, and manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In a narrative peopled with pimps, drunkards, and con men, Bramble's pessimistic views on the world's degeneracy- and his eagerness to express them-betray the author's belief that his countrymen were suffering from an acute lack of sense and sobriety. Boisterous and keenly observant, Humphry Clinker is a delicious send-up of eighteenth-century society.
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- Humphry Clinker
- Author
- Smollett, Tobias
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0141441429
- ISBN 13
- 9780141441429
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 2008
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