The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

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…