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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.(1823) Novel by Tobias George Smollett (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque vels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work.[1] Published in London on 17 June 1771 (just three months before Smollett's death), it is an epistolary vel, presented in the form of letters written by six characters: Matthew Bramble, a Welsh Squire; his sister Tabitha; their niece and nephew, Lydia and Jeremy Melford; Tabitha's maid Winifred Jenkins and Lydia's suitor, Wilson. Much of the comedy arises from differences in the descriptions of the same events 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 and seaside resorts of the 18th century, provides his characters with many opportunities for satirical observations on English life and manners. The author's travels in Scotland, France and Italy helped provide inspiration for the plot. Matthew Bramble, his family and servants are traveling through England and Scotland. Although the primary motivation for the expedition is to restore the health of the gouty Matthew Bramble, each member of the family uses the excursion to achieve their ends. Leaving from Bramble's estate, Brambleton Hall, in the south-western corner of England, the family passes through many cities, making extended or significant stops at Gloucester, Bath, London, Harrogate, Scarborough and Edinburgh. The splenetic patriarch, Matthew Bramble, visits various natural spas to alleviate his health problems and; he corresponds primarily with his physician Dr. Lewis. Through his letters and those of Jeremy, it is revealed that Bramble is misanthropic and something of a hypochondriac. Despite his frequent complaints, he is generally reasonable and extremely charitable to the people he meets on his travels as well as to his servants and wards back at home. His letters introduce and ridicule significant eighteenth century concerns such as medicine, the growth of urban life, class, the growth of periodical press and the public sphere. His growing disillusion at the changing moral and social landscape of England, embodies his traditionalist perspective and reveals the absurdities of contemporary culture.

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ISBN-10
1532708351
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9781532708350
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222379094

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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
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English
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General & Literary Fiction
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Tobias George Smollett

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Date of Publication
12/04/2016
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Black & White Illustrations
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United States

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