TALES FROM THE LEVEE: THE FOLKLORE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
by Gaudet, Marcia G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0940984210
- ISBN 13
- 9780940984219
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Synopsis
The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiece- now in a new edition A triumph of English satire, Humphry Clinker was published just three months prior to its author's death in 1771. At its heart is Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope who travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister, and manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In a narrative peopled with pimps, drunkards, and con men, Bramble's pessimistic views on the world's degeneracy- and his eagerness to express them-betray the author's belief that his countrymen were suffering from an acute lack of sense and sobriety. Boisterous and keenly observant, Humphry Clinker is a delicious send-up of eighteenth-century society.
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- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55112
- Title
- TALES FROM THE LEVEE: THE FOLKLORE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
- Author
- Gaudet, Marcia G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0940984210
- ISBN 13
- 9780940984219
- Publisher
- Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1984
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