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Title: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, Angus Ross ISBN: 0-14-043021-0 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1967 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fine Trip to 18th Century Life
Comment: A high recommendation for this book lead me to read it. What an enjoyable trip into the past.
The author writes letters as more than half-a-dozen characters, and they are a very interesting batch of folks. Mr. Bramble and his family, Dr. Lewis, Tabitha, and of course, Winifred Jenkins, who can murder the language beyond imigination travel through England and Scotland and tell of their experiences on the trip. Oh yea, let's not forget Chowder. They are a lively batch, with various health and social situations that make for interesting correspondance. The title character, Humphey Clinker joins the party mid-trip, and helps make matters very interesting, starting in as a man-servant. It's best not to discuss the contents of the letters. The discovery while reading is very enjoyable!
Don't expect a very fast read, as the old style English (and Mrs. Jenkins verbal assaults) makes for a somewhat slow pace, and make sure to have a dictionary handy. Some words, even though familiar to the reader, are best looked up for the 2nd or 3rd definition of meaning (such as "ejaculation").
It's very easy to see why early Americans enjoyed this book. A rememberance of life in Old England, it pokes fun at many personalities that they are sure to have encountered. Last suggestion, do as David McCullough did, and read it twice. The second time is much more entertaining.
Rating: 4
Summary: Smollett's Masterpiece
Comment: Several years ago I found an old, unedited Signet paperback of "Humphrey Clinker" and read it without any recommendation other than it's cover, which displayed caricatures of Captain Lismahago and Tabitha Bramble--two of Smollett's comic personae. I found it to be fascinating, high-spirited, and very funny. I recently reread the Oxford paperback edition and was not disappointed. Smollett's book was written during a time of great intellectual enlightenment and social upheaval. The letters of the central character, Squire Matthew Bramble contain wonderful observations and critical commentary of this period in British history. The epistolary format,with several different writers, allows for multiple viewpoints and works much like an omniscient narrator. The letters they write reveal much about the characters--all of whom fail to be completely objective in their outlook. The malapropisms of Tabitha and her lady's maid Winifred are wonderfully allusive and often hilarious. Although the book loses some momentum during some of the Scottish chapters, it is a pleasure to read. "Humphry Clinker" is rich in insight and humor. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: To anyone who still writes letters
Comment: The art of letter writing is in decline. But to anyone who still writes letters, this book is a must. It will delight, inspire, instruct, and thoroughly amuse you. Syndicated columnist, Colin Campbell - The Newspaper Priest. www.newspriest.com
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Title: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Penguin Classics) by Laurence Sterne, Melvyn New, Joan New ISBN: 0141439777 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Adventures of Roderick Random (Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press).) by Tobias Smollett, Paul-Gabriel Bouce ISBN: 0192837168 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry Fielding, John Bender, Simon Stern ISBN: 0192834975 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Vicar of Wakefield (Penguin English Library) by Oliver Goldsmith, Stephen Coote ISBN: 0140431594 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Penguin Classics) by Samuel Johnson, D.J. Enright ISBN: 014043108X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1977 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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