The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom

novel by Smollett

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  • Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
    In Tobias Smollett

    The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom (now, with The History and Adventures of an Atom, the least regarded of his novels) appeared in 1753. It sold poorly, and Smollett was forced into borrowing from friends and into further hack writing. In June 1753 he visited…

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