From the Adventures of Roderick Random

✍ Scribed by Smollett, Tobias George

• Book ID: 106872304
• Publisher: Akros
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: en-GB
• Weight: 306 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780861420469

✦ Synopsis

The novel tells the life story (in the first person) of Roderick "Rory" Random, who was born to a nobleman and a lower-class woman and is thus shunned by his father's family. His mother dies soon after his birth and his father is driven mad with grief. After a few years of resentfully paying for Roderick's education, his grandfather finally casts him out after repeated negative reports from Roderick's abusive tutor.

Roderick ends up finding his maternal uncle, Tom Bowling, a sailor who attempts to support Roderick as best as he can between voyages.