Roderick Random
By (Author) David Blewett
By (author) Tobias Smollett
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
30th November 1995
30th November 1995
United Kingdom
Paperback
512
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has left Scotland leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London where he encounters various rogues.
Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels