The Adventures of Roderick Random - Brossura

Smollett, Tobias

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199552347 ISBN 13: 9780199552344

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2008

Riassunto

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 bord 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 humour and panache.
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Book by Tobias Smollett PaulGabriel Bouceacute

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199552347
• ISBN 13: 9780199552344
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 528
• Redattore: Boucé Paul-Gabriel
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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