# The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

By T. Smollett.

"The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" by T. Smollett is a picaresque novel first published in 1751. It follows an egotistical young gentleman rejected by his cruel mother and raised by the eccentric Commodore Hawser Trunnion. Through Peregrine's adventures across 18th-century European society—from Oxford to France to debtors' prison—Smollett satirizes human cruelty, stupidity, and greed. The novel depicts elaborate practical jokes, colorful misanthropes, and a journey from youthful arrogance to eventual repentance and love. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Fiction; Picaresque literature; Adventure stories

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume II)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7553) by Tobias Smollett (18 h 22 min, English)
- [Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2953) by Tobias Smollett (18 h 4 min, English)

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