The Adventures of Roderick Random (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

Smollett, Tobias

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192812610 ISBN 13: 9780192812612

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing familiar scenes in an uncommon and amusing point of view, invests them with all the graces of novelty, while nature is appealed to in every particular. The reader gratifies his curiosity in pursuing the adventures of a person in whose favour he is prepossessed; he espouses his cause, he sympathises with him in his distress, his indignation is heated against the authors of his the humane passions are inflamed; the contrast between dejected virtue and insulting vice appears with greater aggravation, and every impression having a double force on the imagination, the memory retains the circumstance, and the heart improves by the example.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A tale of adventure and romance, it is written with great humour and panache. The memorable scenes on board ship, which provide an invaluable picture of the British sailor of the day, are drawn from Smollett's personal experience as a surgeon's mate in the navy.

About the Author

Tobias George Smollett (c. 1721-1771) was a Scottish author.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192812610
• ISBN 13: 9780192812612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530
• Editor: Boucé Paul-Gabriel