Author:Tobias George Smollett

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Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771)

Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish author best known for his picaresque novels, such as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle.

Tobias George Smollett

Works

Original

• The Tears of Scotland
• The Adventures of Roderick Random, 1748
• The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 1771
• The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 1753
• The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1751

Translations

• Candide by Voltaire

Works about this author

• “Smollett, Tobias George,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• “Smollett, Tobias George” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.