The Adventures of Roderick Random (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Tobias Smollett
- First Published: 1748
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Friendship, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Sea or seafaring life, Adventure, Satire, Pretensions
- Locales: London, England, Colombia, Scotland, Bath, England
Places Discussed
*Scotland. Roderick’s Scottish home is sketchily described, but, as his grandfather is a landowner, the house and estate must be somewhat grand and extensive. After Roderick is driven out by the malice of his relatives, that home becomes a kind of lost and found Eden, for, as an adult, he will return to it, rich, happily married, and reunited with his lost father.
*London. Capital of Great Britain and leading city of England where Roderick’s first visit becomes a descent into a kind of slapstick hell. For though the novel’s tone is comic, Tobias...
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