The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tobias Smollett
- First Published: 1751
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Early eighteenth century
- Setting: England and the Continent
- Principal Characters: Peregrine Pickle, Gamaliel Pickle, Grizzle Pickle, Commodore Hawser Trunnion, Lieutenant Hatchway, Tom Pipes, Emilia Gauntlet
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Manners or customs, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Wit or humor, Adventure
- Locales: Europe, Bath, England
The Story:
Mr. Gamaliel Pickle was the son of a prosperous London merchant who had bequeathed his son a fortune of no small degree. Later, having lost a part of his inheritance in several unsuccessful ventures of his own, Mr. Pickle prudently decided to retire from business and to live on the interest of his fortune rather than risk his principal in the uncertainties of trade. With his sister Grizzle, who had kept his house for him since his father’s death, he went to live in a mansion in the country.
In the region to which he retired, Mr. Pickle’s nearest neighbor...
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