Download or read book The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves written by Tobias Tobias Smollett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, a novel by Tobias Smollett, was published in 1760 in the monthly paper The British Magazine. Its first number, published in January, 1760, contained the first instalment of Smollett's fourth novel. Sir Launcelot is an eighteenth century gentleman who rides about the country in armour, attended by his comic squire, Timothy Crabshaw, redressing grievances. These characters are obviously inspired by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and Smollett's novel has been compared unfavorably with Cervantes'.