The Adventures of Roderick Random
byTobias Smollett
CompletedAdventure,ComedyPublic domain
Public-domain text, with thanks to Standard Ebooks and other free-text projects.
A young Scotsman with no fortune ships out as a surgeon's mate and endures press-gangs, quacks, and rogues across sea and land. A rough, funny adventure about making one's way in an unforgiving world.
