Name: The Adventures of Roderick Random
Author: Tobias Smollett
ISBN: 9780140433326

The Adventures of Roderick Random

By Tobias Smollett 24 Dec, 2022

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The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1748. It is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, especially during the Ba ... Read more

The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1748. It is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. In the preface, Smollett acknowledges the connections of his novel to the two satirical picaresque works he translated into English: Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605–15) and Alain-René Lesage's Gil Blas (1715–47)

The novel is set in the 1730s and 1740s and tells the life story (in the first person) of Roderick "Rory" Random, who was born to a Scottish gentleman and a lower-class woman and is thus shunned by his father's family. Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and had left Scotland, leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London, where he encounters various rogues.

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