The Adventures of Roderick Random. By: Tobias Smollett. / is a picaresque NOVEL / with illustrations - Couverture souple

Smollett, Tobias

 
9781975933791: The Adventures of Roderick Random. By: Tobias Smollett. / is a picaresque NOVEL / with illustrations
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ISBN 10 : 1975933796 ISBN 13 : 9781975933791
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

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 British Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741.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. His mother dies soon after giving birth and his father is driven mad with grief. Random's paternal grandfather coerces a local school master into providing free education for the boy, who becomes popular with his classmates (some of whom he encounters again in subsequent adventures) and learns Latin, French, Italian and ancient Greek.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 British Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741.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. His mother dies soon after giving birth and his father is driven mad with grief. Random's paternal grandfather coerces a local school master into providing free education for the boy, who becomes popular with his classmates (some of whom he encounters again in subsequent adventures) and learns Latin, French, Italian and ancient Greek.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1975933796
ISBN 13 
9781975933791
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1545450463 ISBN 13 :  9781545450468
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