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    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I.)
    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I.)
    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I.)
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    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I.)

    Written by Tobias Smollett

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett (1721 – 1771), first published in 1751, and revised and reissued in 1758. It is the story of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine Pickle, and it provides a comic and caustic portrayal of 18th century European society. (Summary by Wikipedia)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I.)
    Author

    Tobias Smollett

    Tobias Smollett (1721-71) was a Scottish author best known for his novels, The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, following which he became a major literary figure associated with the likes of David Garrick, Laurence Sterne, Charles Dickens and Samuel Johnson. In 1755 he published the standard translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote and in 1756, he became editor of The Critical Review. His first major non-fiction work was A Complete History of England.

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