A versatile author who produced satire, history, drama, poetry, polemical pamphlets, and journalism, Smollett is best known for his picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748, modeled after Lesage's Gil Blas, which Smollett translated), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753), and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771). At the age of eighteen, he authored his first play, The Regicide (1749). His literary journalism was important as well. He reviewed at the Monthly Review before helping to found and for many years conduct the Critical Review, which became the Monthly Review's most important rival. Smollett was founder of the British Magazine and the Briton as well. Smollett also wrote many poems, including The Ode to Leven Water (1746), The Tears of Scotland (1746), Verses to a young Lady playing on a Harpsichord and Singing (1746). His satirical epistles Advice: A Satire (1746) and Reproof: A Satire (1747) were the cause of much trouble. Smollett considered his major work to be A Complete History of England which was published in four volumes from 1758-1765. Not afraid to share his opinion regarding British politics, Smollett also wrote The History and Adventures of an Atom (1769), which satirized the British handling of the Seven Years' War. A rare, first-hand account of his travels and domestic life were published in his Travels through France and Italy (1766).