ph ry ▁Cl ink er ▁( 1 7 7 1 ). ▁His ▁work ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁later ▁novel ists ▁such ▁as ▁Th acker ay ▁and ▁Dick ens . ▁Other ▁eigh teenth - century ▁novel ists ▁included ▁Henry ▁Mack en zie ▁( 1 7 4 5 – 1 8 2 1 ), ▁whose ▁major ▁work ▁The ▁Man ▁of ▁Fe eling ▁( 1 7 7 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁sentiment al ▁novel ▁dealing ▁with ▁human ▁emot ions , ▁influenced ▁by ▁Samuel ▁Richard son ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁S terne ▁and ▁the ▁thinking ▁of ▁phil os opher ▁David ▁H ume . ▁His ▁later ▁nov els , ▁The ▁Man ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁( 1 7 7 3 ) ▁and ▁Julia ▁de ▁Rou b ign é ▁( 1 7 7 7 ) ▁were ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁wild s ▁of ▁America ▁and ▁in ▁France ▁respectively , ▁with ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁protagon ist ▁throughout ▁a ▁Scottish ▁novel . ▁Phys ician ▁John ▁Moore ' s ▁novel ▁Zel u co ▁( 1 7 8 9 ) ▁focused ▁on ▁an ▁anti - h ero , ▁the ▁Italian ▁no blem an ▁of ▁the ▁title , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁By ron . ▁ ▁Nin ete enth ▁century ▁As ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Is les ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁tradition ▁of ▁moral ▁and ▁domestic ▁fiction ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁nin ete enth ▁century . ▁It ▁did ▁not ▁fl our ish ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁extent ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁but ▁did ▁produce ▁a ▁number