1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Roxana
  • Moll Flanders
  • Love In Excess
  • Robinson Crusoe
  • A Tale of a Tub
  • Oroonoko
  • The Princess of Cleves

Friday, January 13, 2012

41. Humphry Clinker by Tobias George Smollett

Published in 1771, this is another story told in letters.  Each of the main characters has their own version of the truth - Matt Bramble, his sister Tabitha, Jerry their nephew, Lydia their daughter, and Tabitha's maid Wyn.  Humphrey Clinker is their servant, and together they have a series of misadventures which end happily.

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