num_pages: 528
description: 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, an 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 board the man-of-war Thunder. In a tale of romance as well as adventure, Roderick also finds time to fall in love.
language: English
title: The Adventures of Roderick Random
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Roderick Random
characters: Roderick Random, Strap, Mr. Syntax
genres: 18th Century, Humor, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Classics, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Adventure
ratings_count: 1213
places: London, England
publisher: Oxford University Press