Tobias Smollett

Tobias Smollett was a Scottish writer of the Enlightenment era. His most notable work is the picaresque novel The Adventures of Roderick Random, published in 1748.

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• Lifetime: 19 March 1721 • 17 September 1771
• Main genre: Picaresque novel
• Literary movement: The Enlightenment
• Some other works: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
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"Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall."