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020 $a9780199552344 (pbk.)
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100 1 $aSmollett, T.$q(Tobias),$d1721-1771.
245 14 $aThe adventures of Roderick Random /$cTobias Smollett ; edited with an introduction and notes by Paul-Gabriel Boucé.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[2008]
300 $axxxviii, 481 p. ;$c20 cm.
440 0 $aOxford world's classics
500 $aOriginally published in 1748. First published by Oxford University Press in 1979.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"Roderick Random (1748), Smollett's first novel, is full of the dazzling vitality characteristics of all his work, as well as of his own life. Roderick is the boisterous and unprincipled hero who answers life's many misfortunes with a sledgehammer. Left penniless, he leaves his native Scotland for London and on the way meets Strap, and old schoolfellow. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of scoundrels and rogues. Roderick qualifies as a surgeon's mate and is pressed as a common soldier on board the man-of-war Thunder. In a tale of romance as well as adventure, Roderick also finds time to fall in love... Smollett drew on his own experiences as a surgeon's mate in the navy for the memorable scenes on board ship, and the novel combines documentary realism with great humor and panache."--Publisher's description
650 0 $aScots$zEngland$vFiction.
650 0 $aRogues and vagabonds$vFiction.
650 0 $aImpressment$vFiction.
650 0 $aWarships$vFiction.
650 0 $aSailors$vFiction.
651 0 $aEngland$vFiction.
655 7 $aPicaresque literature.$2gsafd
655 7 $aAdventure fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aSea stories.$2gsafd
700 1 $aBoucé, Paul-Gabriel.