# The Adventures of Roderick Random

By T. Smollett.

"The Adventures of Roderick Random" by T. Smollett is a picaresque novel published in 1748. Born to a Scottish gentleman and cast out by his family, young Roderick Random must survive by his wits alone in eighteenth-century Britain. From London to the West Indies, he encounters malice, deception, and hypocrisy at every turn while pursuing wealthy women and seeking his rightful place as a gentleman. Drawing on Smollett's own naval experience, this satirical tale exposes the brutality and corruption of its age. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Sea stories; England -- Fiction; Picaresque literature; Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction; Sailors -- Fiction; Warships -- Fiction; Scots -- England -- Fiction; Impressment -- Fiction

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- [Adventures of Roderick Random](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/10055) by Tobias Smollett (19 h 9 min, English)

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