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The Adventures of Roderick Random

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    T. Smollett's The Adventures of Roderick Random is a historical fiction novel. Readers will find themes of England, rogues and vagabonds, sailors and warships.

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    About The Adventures of Roderick Random

    "The Adventures of Roderick Random" by T. Smollett is a picaresque novel published in 1748. Born to a Scottish gentleman and cast out by his family, young Roderick Random must survive by his wits alone in eighteenth-century Britain. From London to the West Indies, he encounters malice, deception, and hypocrisy at every turn while pursuing wealthy women and seeking his rightful place as a gentleman. Drawing on Smollett's own naval experience, this satirical tale exposes the brutality and corruption of its age.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

    • Sea stories
    • England
    • Picaresque literature
    • Rogues and vagabonds
    • Sailors
    • Warships
    • Scots, England
    • Impressment

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    Who wrote The Adventures of Roderick Random?

    The Adventures of Roderick Random was written by T. Smollett.

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    It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

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    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

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