Yikes! Both of thee stories are about virtuous optimists who endure the bleakest of life's vicissitudes at every turn, and so it seems do most all the characters they encounter. Challenging the ideas that men live by, they succeed as philosophical satires. ( )

Strange story, but very good. ( )

Book Description: Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. 25x17cms. Limited edition as part of The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. hc full, leather with ornate gilt decoration on spine and panels. all edges gilt with burgundy moire silk eps. 254pp Translated by Tobias Smollet with two-tone illustrations by Van Kaufmann and authors port. by Uldis Klavins. clean text despite minor spotting on pg edges. No significant edge wear. Very Good Condition