Tobias Smollett

Es va donar a conèixer amb novel·les picaresques com The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) i The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), les quals va influenciar Charles Dickens.

Tobias Smollett

Biografia
Naixement	(en) Tobias George Smollett 19 març 1721 Cardross (Escòcia) (en)
Mort	17 setembre 1771 (50 anys) Liorna (Itàlia)
Causa de mort	Causes naturals  (Tuberculosi )
Sepultura	Old English Cemetery, Livorno (en)
Dades personals
Formació	Universitat de Glasgow
Activitat
Ocupació	metge escriptor, cirurgià, traductor, poeta, periodista, historiador, novel·lista, escriptor
Activitat	1748  –
Gènere	Poesia i novel·la

Smollett va rebre educació com a cirurgià a la Universitat de Glasgow Durant 1739 marxà a Londres a cercar fortuna com a dramaturg. Com a cirurgià s'enrolà a un vaixell i arribà a Jamaica,on hi residí uns anys. Durant 1742 exercí com cirurgià a la captura de Cartagena. George Orwell el va qualificar com el millor novel·lista d'Escòcia.

• 1746: Advice (poetry)
• 1747: Reproof: A satire, a sequel to Advice (poetry)
• 1748: Translator, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, published anonymously (dated, incorrectly, "1749"), translated from the original L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane by Alain-René Le Sage
• 1748: The Adventures of Roderick Random, published anonymously
• 1749: The Regicide; or, James the First, of Scotland: A tragedy (play)
• 1751: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, published anonymously
• 1753: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
• 1755: Translator, The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, translated from the original Spanish of Cervantes. Vol. 1: [1]. Vol. 2: [2].
• 1756: A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, published anonymously; nonfiction
• 1756: Editor and one of the writers, The Critical Review; or, Annals of Literature, a periodical published semi-annually from this year until 1790
• 1757–1758: A Complete History of England by David Hume, in four volumes, with Smollett adding his own Continuation of the History of England, published from 1760–1765, as an additional volume; nonfiction
• 1757: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England: A comedy, anonymously published; a play performed on 22 January
• 1760: The British Magazine, a periodical published in eight volumes; Volumes 1 and 2 include the first publication of Launcelot Greaves (see below)
• 1761–1765: The Works of Voltaire, an English translation of Voltaire in thirty-five volumes, which Smollett edited with Thomas Francklin
• 1762: The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, first edition as a book; originally serialised in The British Magazine from gener 1760 to desembre 1761 (see above)
• 1766: Travels through France and Italy, nonfiction
• 1768–1769: The Present State of all Nations, published in eight volumes; nonfiction
• 1769: The History and Adventures of an Atom
• 1771: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker