Humorists of the eighteenth century /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
John Murray,
1962
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| Series: | John Murray paperbacks.
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Table of Contents:
- J. Swift: A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi and Luggnagg, from Gulliver's travels
- H. Fielding: The contemptible behaviour of Thomas Heartfree, from Jonathan Wild. Adventures with a company of soldiers, from Tom Jones
- T. Smollett: The troubles of a fortune-hunter, from Roderick Random. The unsettled retirement of Commodore Trunnion, from Peregrine pickle
- L. Sterne: War on two fronts, from Tristram Shandy
- O. Goldsmith: The problems of genteel poverty, from The vicar of Wakefield
- J. Austen: The fearsome past of General Tilney, from Northanger Abbey.