THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT
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THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT

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THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT

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Offers a picture of eighteenth-century society. This story describes Squire Brambles tour of the Britain of George III. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, published in London on 17 June 1771 (three months before Smolletts death), and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work. It is an epistolary novel, presented in the form of letters written by six characters: Matthew Bramble, a Welsh Squire; his sister Tabitha; their niece Lydia and nephew Jeremy Melford; Tabithas maid Winifred Jenkins; and Lydias suitor Wilson. Much of the comedy arises from differences in the descriptions of the same events and places seen by the participants. Attributions of motives and descriptions of behaviour show wild variation and reveal much about the character of the teller. The setting, amidst the high-society spa towns, inns, and seaside resorts of the 18th century, provides his characters with many opportunities for satirical observations on English and Scottish life, manners, and politics. Smollett relies heavily on a scatological humour and references to the body. The net effect re-creates the messiness of eighteenth-century British novels that relied on the epistolary form. The authors travels in Scotland, France, and Italy influenced his novel.

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Publisher
DD Sales & Distributors
Year
2020
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9789372309140
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. TO MR HENRY DAVIS, BOOKSELLER, IN LONDON.
  2. TO THE REVD. MR JONATHAN DUSTWICH, AT—
  3. THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
  4. TO MRS GWYLLIM, HOUSE-KEEPER AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  5. TO MRS JERMYN AT HER HOUSE IN GLOUCESTER.
  6. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  7. TO DR LEWIS.
  8. TO MISS LYDIA MELFORD.
  9. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  10. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  11. TO DR LEWIS.
  12. TO MISS LETTY WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER
  13. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  14. TO DR LEWIS. BATH, APRIL 23. DEAR DOCTOR,
  15. TO MISS WILLIS AT GLOUCESTER.
  16. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  17. TO MRS GWYLLIM, HOUSE-KEEPER AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  18. TO DR LEWIS.
  19. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  20. TO DR LEWIS.
  21. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  22. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  23. TO DR LEWIS.
  24. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  25. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  26. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  27. TO DR LEWIS.
  28. TO DR LEWIS.
  29. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  30. TO DR LEWIS.
  31. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  32. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  33. TO DR LEWIS.
  34. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  35. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  36. TO DR LEWIS.
  37. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  38. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  39. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  40. TO DR LEWIS.
  41. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  42. TO DR LEWIS.
  43. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL, &C.
  44. TO MRS GWYLLIM, HOUSE-KEEPER AT BRAMBLETON-HALL. MRS GWYLLIM,
  45. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  46. TO DR LEWIS.
  47. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  48. TO DR LEWIS.
  49. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  50. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  51. TO DR LEWIS.
  52. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. AT OXON.
  53. TO DR LEWIS.
  54. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  55. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  56. TO DR LEWIS.
  57. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  58. TO DR LEWIS.
  59. TO DR LEWIS.
  60. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  61. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  62. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. AT OXON.
  63. TO DR LEWIS.
  64. TO MRS GWILLIM, HOUSE-KEEPER AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  65. TO DR LEWIS.
  66. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  67. TO DR LEWIS.
  68. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. AT OXON.
  69. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  70. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  71. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  72. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXON.
  73. TO DR LEWIS.
  74. TO DR LEWIS.
  75. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. AT OXON.
  76. TO MISS LAETITIA WILLIS, AT GLOUCESTER.
  77. TO MRS JERMYN, AT HER HOUSE IN GLOUCESTER.
  78. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  79. TO DR LEWIS.
  80. TO SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS, BART. AT OXON.
  81. TO DR LEWIS.
  82. TO MRS GWYLLIM, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.
  83. TO MRS MARY JONES, AT BRAMBLETON-HALL.

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