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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
Novelist
Playwright
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gptkbp:artMovement
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Realism
Romanticism
Victorian literature
18th-century literature
Scottish_literature
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:The_Gentleman's_Magazine
The Critical Review
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gptkbp:awards
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Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
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gptkbp:born
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March 19, 1721
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:St._Pancras_Old_Church
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Tobias_Smollett_Jr.
gptkb:Elizabeth_Smollett
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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Social commentary in literature
Use of first-person narrative
Development_of_the_English_novel
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gptkbp:died
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September 17, 1771
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
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gptkbp:famousFor
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Travel narratives
Character development in novels
Humorous and critical style
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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"The world is a stage, and we are all actors."
"A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married."
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gptkbp:genre
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Historical fiction
Satire
Travel literature
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Tobias Smollett
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:William_Makepeace_Thackeray
gptkb:Henry_Fielding
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:George_Meredith
gptkb:James_Boswell
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Daniel_Defoe
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Satirical writing
Pioneering the novel form
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gptkbp:nationality
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Scottish
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Roderick_Random
gptkb:Sir_Launcelot_Greaves
Humphry Clinker
Peregrine Pickle
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gptkbp:notableWorks
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gptkb:The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman
gptkb:The_Expedition_of_Humphry_Clinker
gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Roderick_Random
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Poet
Historian
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Dumfries,_Scotland
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:spouse
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Anne Lascelles
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