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The Adventures of Roderick Random (Oxford World's Classics) - Tobias Smollett, Paul-Gabriel Bouce
The Adventures of Roderick Random (Oxford World's Classics)
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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... show more
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 underg
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00ARGXKFO
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure, Classics, Novels, Humor, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literary Fiction, 18th Century, Fiction
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Reading Slothfully
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God was this tedious. I suppose if one were an English Lit. major and wanted to delve back into the beginnings of novel writing, this might be an ok place to begin. But if you're just an ordinary person looking for a GoodRead, this book is not likely to satisfy you. The writing style is long-winded ...
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A Scottish-Canadian Blethering On About Books
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[These notes were made in 1983:]. Although this novel had its delightful moments, I found it rather tedious to get through, the more so since I was under compulsion. The humour is on the whole rather coarse (yes, I know I sound terribly Victorian!) and the general outlook on life a bit grim, for al...
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