The adventures of Roderick Random
Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
The adventures of Roderick Random / Tobias Smollett ; edited with an introduction and notes by Paul-Gabriel Boucé - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 1999. - xxxviii, 481 p. ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxx).
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.
9780192837165
2003265221
Scots---England----Fiction
Rogues and vagabonds----Fiction
Impressment----Fiction
Warships----Fiction
Sailors----Fiction
England----Fiction
Picaresque literature
Adventure fiction
Sea stories
PR3694 / .R6 1999
FIC SMO
The adventures of Roderick Random / Tobias Smollett ; edited with an introduction and notes by Paul-Gabriel Boucé - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 1999. - xxxviii, 481 p. ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxx).
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.
9780192837165
2003265221
Scots---England----Fiction
Rogues and vagabonds----Fiction
Impressment----Fiction
Warships----Fiction
Sailors----Fiction
England----Fiction
Picaresque literature
Adventure fiction
Sea stories
PR3694 / .R6 1999
FIC SMO
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