The hero of "Ferdinand Count Fathom" (1753) is a monster of treachery and fraud. Fate and coincidence play a large part in his picaresque progress through England and Europe, and much of the narrative is written in a mock-heroic style. This critical study explains the literary and historical background of the 18th-century world in which the book was written.
- ISBN10 0140433074
- ISBN13 9780140433074
- Publish Date 22 February 1990 (first published 3 June 1971)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 13 May 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 512
- Language English