The Adventures of Roderick Random

Name: The Adventures of Roderick Random
Author: Tobias Smollett

by Tobias Smollett

Picaresque novel of young man's misadventures at sea and land across multiple continents

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Tobias Smollett

Smollett brought a Scots physician's eye for grotesque physical detail to the picaresque novel, creating some of the most vivid comic characters in English literature. His influence on Dickens was immense and direct.

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