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The Works of Tobias Smollett
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Sxonnm was the first of the great Scottish novelists whose works have been read and admired by an English, not to mention any Continental, public and the publica tion of the first collected edition of his Novels was by a Scotchman. His Plays and Poems had, indeed, been issued in one duodecimo volume, in 1784, by Thomas Evans, bookseller in the Strand, with prefixed Memoirs of the Life and lvritings of the. Author but what have been called his Miscellaneous Works-i - his Novels, Plays, and Poems were first collected by Mr. David Ramsay, printer of the Edinburgh Evening Courant, and published in six vols. 8vo, in Edinburgh, in the year 1790. To this edition there was prefixed a very meagre Life of Smollett; it had humorous frontispieces by Row landson, and it did not contain The Adventures of an Atom.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Sxonnm was the first of the great Scottish novelists whose works have been read and admired by an English, not to mention any Continental, public and the publica tion of the first collected edition of his Novels was by a Scotchman. His Plays and Poems had, indeed, been issued in one duodecimo volume, in 1784, by Thomas Evans, bookseller in the Strand, with prefixed Memoirs of the Life and lvritings of the. Author but what have been called his Miscellaneous Works-i - his Novels, Plays, and Poems were first collected by Mr. David Ramsay, printer of the Edinburgh Evening Courant, and published in six vols. 8vo, in Edinburgh, in the year 1790. To this edition there was prefixed a very meagre Life of Smollett; it had humorous frontispieces by Row landson, and it did not contain The Adventures of an Atom.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- GenresClassics
668 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1824
About the author
Tobias Smollett
1,443 books102 followersTobias George Smollett was born in Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, Scotland, to a prosperous family and educated at the University of Glasgow, where he studied to be a physician. Later he joined the British Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate. He was present at the disastrous battle against the Spanish at Cartagena in 1741.
He married a British woman named Anne " Nancy" Lascelles, in Jamaica, 1747,and settled in 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. It was followed by The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in 1751. But the failure of The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) caused financial difficulties for him. Publishing The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1762) didn't help.
Writing poems, plays, travel and history books, essays, satires, doing translations and even becoming a literary critic and magazine editor, Dr. Smollett struggled all his short life against poverty, he traveled to Italy, to regain his health, but died of tuberculosis near Livorno, in 1771. Ironically finishing his masterpiece, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, a few months before his death.
Charles Dickens was a great admirer of Tobias Smollett, even visiting his grave site.
He married a British woman named Anne " Nancy" Lascelles, in Jamaica, 1747,and settled in 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. It was followed by The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in 1751. But the failure of The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) caused financial difficulties for him. Publishing The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1762) didn't help.
Writing poems, plays, travel and history books, essays, satires, doing translations and even becoming a literary critic and magazine editor, Dr. Smollett struggled all his short life against poverty, he traveled to Italy, to regain his health, but died of tuberculosis near Livorno, in 1771. Ironically finishing his masterpiece, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, a few months before his death.
Charles Dickens was a great admirer of Tobias Smollett, even visiting his grave site.
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