The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom edited with an introduction by Damian Grant Oxford English Novels

Smollett, Tobias; Grant, Damian

ISBN 10: 0192553216 / ISBN 13: 9780192553218

Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1971

About this Item

Smollett's third novel, here edited and with an introduction and notes by Damian Grant; includes select bibliography, and Smollett chronology; a volume in the Oxford English Novels (general editor James Kinsley); very minor foxing to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly sunned at edges; dustwrapper with light wear along spine, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. 384pp. 8vo. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom edited with an introduction by Damian Grant Oxford English Novels
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192553216
• ISBN 13: 9780192553218
• Binding: hardbound
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

The hero of "Ferdinand Count Fathom" (1753) is a monster of treachery and fraud. Fate and coincidence play a large part in his picaresque progress through England and Europe, and much of the narrative is written in a mock-heroic style.

About the Author

Tobias is the author of several books, inclu ding the Adventures of Roderick Random and the Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.