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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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About this book
Creators: T. Smollett (1721-1771) "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" by Tobias Smollett is an epistolary novel published in 1771. Six correspondents—including a gouty Welsh squire, his husband-hunting sister, and their servants—chronicle a journey through England and Scotland's fashionable spa towns and resorts. Through wildly contrasting letters describing the same events, Smollett satirizes eighteenth-century British society, class pretensions, and urban life. The mysterious ostler Humphry Clinker joins their travels, bringing comic misadventures, romantic entanglements, and surprising revelations that transform the expedition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 46.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 42588