Books in the Works of Tobias Smollett series

First published in 1753, this experimental work explores the relations between history and fiction while introducing episodes of Gothic melodrama. Filled with satiric thrusts at the legal, medical, and military establishments of mid-eighteenth-century Europe, the novel reveals Smollett's capacities as a commentator on contemporary life.

An allegory of England during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), draping kings and politicians, domestic and foreign affairs in a veil of satire. This is a book of tales about ancient Japan related to a London haberdasher by an atom that has lived in the bodies of great figures of state.

This is a reprinting of Tobias Smollett's translation of The Devil upon Crutches. Alain Rene Le Sage's novel relates the picaresque wanderings of Asmodeus, a refined, likable but decrepit devil, and Zambullo, his newfound mortal companion. This edition is based on the 1759 second edition of Smollett's translation.

This volume presents Smollett's 1755 translation of Cervantes' ""Don Quixote"" in the form most faithful to Smollett's own intentions. It includes discussion of the composition, publication, and reception of the work, and considers it's originality or debt to other versions.

This edition of Smollett's classic features a comprehensive introduction, exhaustive textual editing, and detailed notes that cite passages from Smollett's non-fictional works and the works of his contemporaries to analyse the mass of allusions and references in the novel.