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Smollett, Tobias

 
9780199552344: The Adventures of Roderick Random (Oxford World's Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0199552347 ISBN 13: 9780199552344
Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2008

Sinopsis

Roderick Random (1748), Smollett's first novel, is full of the dazzling vitality characteristics of all his work, as well as of his own life. Roderick is the 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, and old schoolfellow. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of scoundrels and rogues. Roderick qualifies as a surgeon's mate and is pressed as a common soldier on bord the man-of-war Thunder. In a tale of romance as well as adventure, Roderick also finds time to fall in love... Smollett drew on his own experiences as a surgeon's mate in the navy for the memorable scenes on board ship, and the novel combines documentary realism with great humour and panache.
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Acerca del autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

De la contraportada

A tale of adventure and romance, it is written with great humour and panache. The memorable scenes on board ship, which provide an invaluable picture of the British sailor of the day, are drawn from Smollett's personal experience as a surgeon's mate in the navy.

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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199552347
ISBN 13 
9780199552344
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
528
Editor
Boucé Paul-Gabriel
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9780820346038: The Adventures of Roderick Random (The Works of Tobias Smollett)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0820346039 ISBN 13:  9780820346038
Editorial: University of Georgia Press, 2014
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