The Adventures of Roderick Random
Roderick Random's story is a classic rambunctious tale of rags and riches, set in the mid-eighteenth century.Roderick's father goes mad soon after he is born, in grief at his beloved wife's death. Roderick is cast into life as a virtual orphan, tumbles through a wild time at school, and ends up, on leaving, escaping to the heaving metropolis of London. There he encounters, with his best friend Strap, characters of a huge variety; card-sharpers, fallen women, bumbling doctors and malicious quacks, and very dubious gentlemen-about-town. He finally goes to sea after an inordinate waiting period spent hazarding the interminable bureaucracy of try…
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- ISBN: 978-0-648-02338-8
- EAN: 9780648023388
- Produktnummer: 30128974
- Verlag: Michael Walmer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 538 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.3 cm x D3.1 cm 634 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 634
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