<DIV><B>The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiece- now in a new edition</B><BR><BR> A triumph of English satire, <I>Humphry Clinker</I> was published just three months prior to its author's death in 1771. At its heart is Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope who travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister, and manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In a narrative peopled with pimps, drunkards, and con men, Bramble's pessimistic views on the world's degeneracy- and his eagerness to express them-betray the author's belief that his countrymen were suffering from an acute lack of sense and sobriety. Boisterous and keenly observant, <I>Humphry Clinker</I> is a delicious send-up of eighteenth-century society.<BR><BR></DIV>