Roderick Random (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Tobias Smollett

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Synopsis

Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has 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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Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels.

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