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Tobias Smollett

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born

March 19, 1721 in Renton,Scotland, The United Kingdom

died

September 17, 1771

gender

male

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Literature & Fiction

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Miguel de Cervantes

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Born in Scotland, to a prosperous family and educated at the University of Glascow.Where he studied to be a physician.Later joining the British Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate.He was present at the disastrous battle of Cartagena in 1741, against the Spanish.Married a British woman from Jamaica and returned to England.In London,as a writer he became successful. The Adventures of Roderick Random 1748,a picaresque novel, like most of his books, made him a well known author. Follow by The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1751. But the failure of The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 1753, caused financial difficulties for him.The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 1762, didn't help.Writing poems ,plays,travel and history books, essays, satire...more

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Books by Tobias Smollett

Average rating: 3.53 · 1,302 ratings · 161 reviews · 153 distinct works

	The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, Angus Ross 3.28 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1771 — 70 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett, David Blewett 3.37 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1748 — 39 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 3.31 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1751 — 62 editions	My rating:
	Travels Through France and Italy by Tobias Smollett, Osbert Sitwell (Introduction) 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1766 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. by the Author of Roderick Random. Volume 1 of 2 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote by Tobias Smollett, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Tobias Smollett, Peter Wagner 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1762 — 17 editions	My rating:
	History and Adventures of an Atom 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1769 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Volume 2 [Easyread Large Edition] 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Select Works of Tobias Smollett V1: Containing the Adventures of Peregrine Pickle and the Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom by Tobias Smollett, Walter Scott 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Tobias Smollett

“Some men are wise and some are otherwise.”
― Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random

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“The capital is become an overgrown monster; which like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.”
― Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

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“I can't help suspecting, that there is, or may be some regurgitation from the bath into the cistern of the pump. In that case, what a felicate beveridge is quaffed by the drinkers; medicated with the sweat and the dirt, and dandriff; and the abominable of various kinds, from twenty different diseased bodies, parboiling in the kettle below.”
― Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

tags: 18th-century , bath , classics , humour

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