Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
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The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiecea now in a new edition A triumph of English satire, "Humphry Clinker" was published just three months prior to its authoras death in 1771. At its heart is Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope who travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister, and manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In a narrative peopled with pimps, drunkards, and con men, Brambleas pessimistic views on the worldas degeneracya and his eagerness to express themabetray the authoras belief that his countrymen were suffering from an acute lack of sense and sobriety. Boisterous and keenly observant, "Humphry Clinker" is a delicious send-up of eighteenth-century society.
