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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Tobias George Smollett
Foi um romancista e poeta escocês. Mais conhecido por suas novelas picarescas; entre elas: The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) e The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751). Influenciou profundamente a obra de diversos romancistas posteriores, destacando-se, entre eles, Charles Dickens.
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West Dunbartonshire, Escócia