{"product_id":"humphry-clinker-the-penguin-english-library","title":"Humphry Clinker (The Penguin English Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith an essay by Harold Bloom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'What is the society of London, that I should be tempted, for its sake, to mortify my senses, and compound with such uncleanness as my soul abhors?'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmollett's savage, boisterously funny lambasting of eighteenth-century British society charts the unfortunate journey of the gout-ridden and irascible squire Matthew Bramble across Britain, who finds himself everywhere surrounded by decadents, pimps, con-men, raucousness and degeneracy - until the arrival of the trusty manservant Humphry Clinker promises to improve his fortunes. Populated with unforgettable grotesques and written with a relish for earthy humour and wordplay, and a ferocious pessimism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHumphry Clinker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Smollett's masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Of Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45672303395073,"sku":"321UVSETD-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/TobiasSmollett.jpg?v=1729229197","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/humphry-clinker-the-penguin-english-library","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}