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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, af...
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work. Published in London on 17 June 1771 (just three months before Smollett's death), 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 and nephew, Jeremy and Lydia Melford; Tabitha's maid Winifred Jenkins and Lydia's suitor, Wilson.
Much of the comedy arises from differences in the...
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
by Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett...
Travels through France and Italy is travel literature by Tobias Smollett published in 1766.
After suffering the loss of his only child, 15-year-old Elizabeth, in April 1763, Smollett left England in June of that year. Together with his wife, he traveled across France to Nice. In the autumn of the next year, he visited Genoa, Rome, Florence and other towns of Italy. After staying in Nice for the winter he returned to London by June 1765. Travels through France and Italy is his account of this journey.
Smollett describes in great...
Travels Through France and Italy
By
Tobias Smollett
Travels through France and Italy is travel literature by Tobias Smollett published in 176...
