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020 _a9780192837165
050 0 0 _aPR3694
_b.R6 1999
082 0 0 _aFIC SMO
100 1 _aSmollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
245 1 4 _aThe adventures of Roderick Random
_c/ Tobias Smollett ; edited with an introduction and notes by Paul-Gabriel Boucé
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York
_b: Oxford University Press
_c, 1999.
300 _axxxviii, 481 p.
_c; 20 cm.
490 1 _aOxford world's classics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxx).
520 _aA 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.
650 _aScots
_z-England
_v--Fiction
650 0 _aRogues and vagabonds
_x--Fiction
650 0 _aImpressment
_x--Fiction
650 0 _aWarships
_x--Fiction
650 0 _aSailors
_x--Fiction
651 _aEngland
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aPicaresque literature
655 7 _aAdventure fiction
655 7 _aSea stories
700 1 _aBouce, Paul-Gabriel
830 0 _aOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
942 _cMO
999 _c267396
_d267396