Smollett

American

[smol-it] / ˈsmɒl ɪt /

noun

Tobias George, 1721–71, English novelist.

Smollett British

/ ˈsmɒlɪt /

noun

Tobias George. 1721–71, Scottish novelist, whose picaresque satires include Roderick Random (1748), Peregrine Pickle (1751), and Humphry Clinker (1771)

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There was no merrier illustration of the varieties of human experience than this runaway French hit, which was, like “Don Quixote,” translated into English by Smollett in 1748.

From The Wall Street Journal

Smollett was found guilty in 2021, but the conviction was overturned last year.

From BBC

Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime hoax, has had his conviction overturned five years after he was first arrested.

From BBC

During Smollett's trial, prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with a television studio's response to hate mail he received.

From BBC

Smollett, who is Black and gay, had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men wearing ski masks.

From Seattle Times

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