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Roderick is a boisterous and unprincipled hero who answers life's many misfortunes with a sledgehammer. Left penniless, he leaves his native Scotland for London and on the way meets Strap, an old schoolfellow. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of scoundrels and rogues.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 (Author)
Other Authors: Boucé, Paul-Gabriel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:[New edition] /
Series:Oxford world's classics.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century > Fiction.
Electronic books.
Picaresque literature.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Roderick is a boisterous and unprincipled hero who answers life's many misfortunes with a sledgehammer. Left penniless, he leaves his native Scotland for London and on the way meets Strap, an old schoolfellow. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of scoundrels and rogues.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 1979.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxviii, 481 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191921742 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/owc/9780199552344.001.0001