Here, there, everywhere, the places where you can find out things about an author are endless. They leave parts of themselves in their writing no matter the subject. In this case the novel depicts he general lifestyle of the timeframe with large undertones of the authors views. In The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Tobias Smollett gives a deep look into life in England in the 1700’s through the eyes of the gentry; he does this with political undertones and deep historical roots.
Tobias George Smollett was born to a family in the Scottish county of Dumbartonshire in early 1719. After attending Dumbarton Grammar School, he went to Glasgow University, taking up an apprenticeship as a surgeon in Scotland’s second city in 1736. Three years later …show more content…
Bramble himself quickly comes to hate Bath, where social barriers play a much smaller role than he would like them to, but his younger relations love it. Tabitha hunts for a husband, but the Irish knight she manages to interest in her rather scarce charms is quickly disenchanted when Bramble opens his eyes as to his sister’s real financial situation. When the season in fashionable Bath has finished, the old squire leads his company to the Big City: Lydia has never seen London, the center of political, economic and social life in the British Isles. If Bramble hated Bath, he detests London even more. It is the symbol of the corruption of the age, social distinctions are diminished to the point where a footman pretends to his master’s status, and city life is unhealthy. On the way to London, however, the family meets a young peasant called Humphry Clinker, who helps them after an accident that makes Bramble dismiss both his coachman and his valet. Humphry takes them first to the next inn in a coach, then, after having been relieved from a very bad economic …show more content…
The places they go and people they encounter show how ailments and deformities of this time were shunned and misunderstood. Health issues that could not be cured with normal medicine at the time people would search for other cures, resulting in the many stops along the way. This long trip in search for healing allows a view point from the 18th century gentry that shows how they functioned comparatively to
Tobias George Smollett was born to a family in the Scottish county of Dumbartonshire in early 1719. After attending Dumbarton Grammar School, he went to Glasgow University, taking up an apprenticeship as a surgeon in Scotland’s second city in 1736. Three years later …show more content…
Bramble himself quickly comes to hate Bath, where social barriers play a much smaller role than he would like them to, but his younger relations love it. Tabitha hunts for a husband, but the Irish knight she manages to interest in her rather scarce charms is quickly disenchanted when Bramble opens his eyes as to his sister’s real financial situation. When the season in fashionable Bath has finished, the old squire leads his company to the Big City: Lydia has never seen London, the center of political, economic and social life in the British Isles. If Bramble hated Bath, he detests London even more. It is the symbol of the corruption of the age, social distinctions are diminished to the point where a footman pretends to his master’s status, and city life is unhealthy. On the way to London, however, the family meets a young peasant called Humphry Clinker, who helps them after an accident that makes Bramble dismiss both his coachman and his valet. Humphry takes them first to the next inn in a coach, then, after having been relieved from a very bad economic …show more content…
The places they go and people they encounter show how ailments and deformities of this time were shunned and misunderstood. Health issues that could not be cured with normal medicine at the time people would search for other cures, resulting in the many stops along the way. This long trip in search for healing allows a view point from the 18th century gentry that shows how they functioned comparatively to