The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in It is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval-surgeon’s mate in the British Navy, especially during Battle of Cartagena de Indias in · A picaresque novel, partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval-surgeon’s mate in the British Navy.4/5(1). Tobias Smollett, in his creation of the Scot Roderick Random, exposes the sheer incompetence and injustice of the Royal Navy, as well as the snobbery and hypocrisy prevalent in English middle-class society at the time. Set in the midth century, this picaresque novel follows the life and adventures of Roderick, the eponymous hero who has been shunned by his gentleman father's family on the basis .
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The Adventures of Roderick Random, Scottish author and poet Tobias Smollett’s debut picaresque novel, was published in and is loosely based on Smollett’s experiences in the British Navy. Set in the s and s, the narrative follows the life of the main protagonist and narrator, Roderick “Rory” Random, from childhood to adulthood as Roderick journeys through England, France, the Caribbean, Africa, and Latin America. Smollett, T. (Tobias), Title: The Adventures of Roderick Random Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Sea stories Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Picaresque literature Subject: Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction Subject: Sailors -- Fiction Subject: Warships -- Fiction Subject. Tobias Smollett, in his creation of the Scot Roderick Random, exposes the sheer incompetence and injustice of the Royal Navy, as well as the snobbery and hypocrisy prevalent in English middle-class society at the time. Set in the midth century, this picaresque novel follows the life and adventures of Roderick, the eponymous hero who has been shunned by his gentleman father's family on the basis of the lowliness of his mother's family.
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