HUMPHRY CLINKER
by Tobias Smollett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 179760
- Title
- HUMPHRY CLINKER
- Author
- Tobias Smollett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
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