The Expedition of Humphry Clinker /
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. M...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ga. :
University of Georgia Press,
[1990]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (560 pages): illustrations, map |
ISBN: | 9780820346601 |