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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane 3 Vols by Tobias Smollett
800.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Tobias Smollett, in the preface to his first novel, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), acknowledges the influence of Alain René Le Sage’s L’Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (1715–35 in four volumes) on his work. By far the most successful of “useful and entertaining” romances, Smollett writes, ...Show more
The Adventures of Peregien Pickle by Tobias Smollett
290.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett, first published in 1751 and revised and published again in 1758. It tells the story of an egotistical man who experiences luck and misfortunes in the height of 18th-century European society.
The Adventures of Rhoderick Random by Tobias Smollett
195.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1748. It is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval-surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. In the preface, Smollett acknowledges the connecti ...Show more
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves by Tobias Smollett
250.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, the fourth novel by Tobias Smollett, was published in 1760. The novel, Smollett's shortest, was published in serial style, starting with the first issue of the monthly paper The British Magazine, in January 1760, and ending with the magazine's December 1 ...Show more
The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker by Tobias Smollett
195.00 NZD
Category: Literature
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, published in London on 17 June 1771 (three months before Smollett's death), and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work. It is an epistolary novel, presented in the form of letters written by six c ...Show more
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