The Adventures of Roderick Random is a novel written by Tobias Smollett in 1775. It is a picaresque novel, which means that it is a series of loosely connected episodes that follow the adventures of the main character, Roderick Random. The novel is set in the 18th century and follows Roderick's journey from his birth in Scotland to his travels in London and beyond.Roderick is a young man who is forced to leave Scotland after a series of misfortunes...