
The Adventures of Roderick Random
Tobias Smollett(Author)
Paul-Gabriel Bouce(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 11. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-19-955234-4 (ISBN)
Description
Roderick Random (1748), Smollett's first novel, is full of the dazzling vitality characteristics of all his work, as well as of his own life. Roderick is the boisterous and unprincipled hero who answers life's many misfortunes with a sledgehammer. Left penniless, he leaves his native Scotland for London and on the way meets Strap, and old schoolfellow. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of scoundrels and rogues. Roderick qualifies as a surgeon's mate and is pressed as a common soldier on bord the man-of-war Thunder. In a tale of romance as well as adventure, Roderick also finds time to fall in love... Smollett drew on his own experiences as a surgeon's mate in the navy for the memorable scenes on board ship, and the novel combines documentary realism with great humour and panache.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-955234-4 (9780199552344)
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07/1999
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