| Description |
1 online resource (lx, 500 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
The works of Tobias Smollett |
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.
Works. 1988.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; List of Letters; The Expedition of Humphry Clinker; Notes to the Text; Textual Commentary; List of Emendations; Textual Notes; Word-Division; Historical Collation; Bibliographical Descriptions; Table of Corrections; Index |
| Summary |
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Tobias Smollett's last published novel and most celebrated work, appeared in June 1771, three months before the author's death. A classic in the history of the English novel, it takes the form of a collection of letters written by various members of Mr. Matthew Bramble's family (for whom Humphry Clinker is a general servant) during their eight months of travel in England and Scotland in the 1760's. The wanderings of the Bramble party result in a series of amusing adventures and episodes, unfolding within the main plot in which the eccentric and contentious |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-439) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Travelers -- Fiction
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FICTION -- General.
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FICTION -- Classics.
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Travelers
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Epistolary fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Preston, Thomas R
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Brack, O. M
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| ISBN |
9780820346601 |
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0820346608 |
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