Oak Knoll

First edition. Lacking the dust jacket with light shelfwear. A study of a few important phases of Smollett's biography which center in the novel PEREGRINE PICKLE, as well as an examination of the disputed authorship of MEMOIRS OF A LADY OF QUALITY. Smollett's other major works are discussed, as well as his quarrels with many of his well-known contemporaries. An appendix containing a collation of the first and second edition of PEREGRINE PICKLE, and one with a chronological table of REGICIDE's history follow the main text. Index.