Humorists of the eighteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Urwin, George Glencairn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : John Murray, 1962
Series:John Murray paperbacks.
Subjects:
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.