Humphry Clinker Penguin Classics  -  Tobias Smollett

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Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter. Peopled with pimps, drunkards, decadents and con-men, Humphrey Clinker displays Smollett’s ferociously pessimistic view of mankind, and his belief that the luxury of eighteenth-century England existence w...
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2008 Uitgever: Penguin 450 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0141441429 ISBN-13: 9780141441429