The Adventures of Roderick Random
T. (Tobias) Smollett
1721 – 1771
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- England — Fiction
- Impressment — Fiction
- Picaresque literature
- Rogues and vagabonds — Fiction
- Sailors — Fiction
- Scots — England — Fiction
- Sea stories
- Warships — Fiction