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[ SMOLLETT, TOBIAS GEORGE, 1721-1771 ] . The Expedition Of Humphrey Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Three Volumes. The Third Edition.
London: Printed for T. Longman and G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, MDCLXXXIII. [1683 - Should be 1783 ! ] . 0. 3 volumes . 12mo. All three volumes have the incorrect date of 1683! All three books are in their original full leather bindings and in very good condition. Plain brown calf. Smooth spines with gilt banding and original crimson leather title label. Fine armorial bookplate to the verso of each front board: "Edmund H. Turton, Larpool." Each volume with lightly toned endpapers, half title, title-page, and clean text throughout. A very good set of a scarce printing. Referenced by: ESTC, 55332 . * Edmund H. Turton was a Major in 3rd Dragoon Guards and Inherrited the estates of Ugthorpe, Upsall and Larpool. ** "Smollett, Tobias (1721-74). Novelist. Son of a prosperous Dumbarton laird, Smollett became the best-known London-Scottish man of letters of his generation. Much of his literary career was the stuff of hack writing. But he was a cut above the rest. His ‘Continuation’ of Hume's History of England was not only lucrative but a serious foray into contemporary history. His early picaresque novels Roderick Random (1748) and Peregrine Pickle (1751) are minor classics. His last novel Humphry Clinker (1771) is the first genuinely British novel.. While living in II Gardino, Italy, Smollett completed work on his last and finest novel, The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker, which was published in three volumes in June 1771. His only epistolary novel, Humphrey Clinker reflects a more careful structure, a more balanced view of human nature, and a greater control of style and character than any of his earlier fiction. The novel describes the travels of Matthew Bramble, various members of his family, and their companions through England, Wales, and Scotland in a series of letters written from startlingly different points of view. While Matt's letters, for example, criticize the noise and pollution of London and Bath, those of his niece, Lydia, describe the excitement, the bustle, and the charm of these cities with relish and delight. In depicting Matthew Bramble's progress from sickness to health during the novel, Smollett drew much from his own adventures traveling through England. Smollett died in Italy in 1771." - See Tobias Smollett Biography.
Offered for GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 222.75 by: Beckham Books - Book number: 33542
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