Matthew Bramble

Matthew Bramble, fictional character, the irritable protagonist of Tobias Smollett’s epistolary novel The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771).

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Article Title: Matthew Bramble

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 04 May 2010

Access Date: February 22, 2025