num_pages: 476
description: 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.
language: English
title: Roderick Random
titlecomplete: Roderick Random
characters: Strap, Roderick Random, Mr. Syntax
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Adventure, Novels, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor, British Literature
ratings_count: 1212
places: London, England
publisher: Penguin Books