The Adventures of Roderick Random

Tobias Smollett

The Adventures of Roderick Random

Tobias Smollett and Paul-Gabriel Boucé

Abstract

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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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN:: 9780199552344

DOI:: 10.1093/owc/9780199552344.001.0001

Authors

Tobias Smollett, author

Paul-Gabriel Boucé, editor

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Front Matter
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of Tobias George Smollett
- Preface
- Apologue
Chapter ITobias Smollett
Chapter IITobias Smollett
Chapter IIITobias Smollett
Chapter IVTobias Smollett
Chapter VTobias Smollett
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Chapter VIITobias Smollett
Chapter VIIITobias Smollett
Chapter IXTobias Smollett
Chapter XTobias Smollett
Chapter XITobias Smollett
Chapter XIITobias Smollett
Chapter XIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XIVTobias Smollett
Chapter XVTobias Smollett
Chapter XVITobias Smollett
Chapter XVIITobias Smollett
Chapter XVIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XIXTobias Smollett
Chapter XXTobias Smollett
Chapter XXITobias Smollett
Chapter XXIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXIVTobias Smollett
Chapter XXVTobias Smollett
Chapter XXVITobias Smollett
Chapter XXVIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXVIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXIXTobias Smollett
Chapter XXXTobias Smollett
Chapter XXXITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXIVTobias Smollett
Chapter XXXVTobias Smollett
Chapter XXXVITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXVIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXVIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XXXIXTobias Smollett
Chapter XLTobias Smollett
Chapter XLITobias Smollett
Chapter XLIITobias Smollett
Chapter XLIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XLIVTobias Smollett
Chapter XLVTobias Smollett
Chapter XLVITobias Smollett
Chapter XLVIITobias Smollett
Chapter XLVIIITobias Smollett
Chapter XLIXTobias Smollett
Chapter LTobias Smollett
Chapter LITobias Smollett
Chapter LIITobias Smollett
Chapter LIIITobias Smollett
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Chapter LVTobias Smollett
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Chapter LVIITobias Smollett
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End Matter
- Notes

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