THE ADVENTURES OF COMPLETE RODERICK RANDOM CLASSICS TOBIAS SMOLLETT UNABRIDGED

Read by Peter Kenny

Tobias Smollett, in his creation of the Scot Roderick Random, exposes the sheer incompetence and injustice of the Royal Navy, as well as the snobbery and hypocrisy prevalent in English middle-class society at the time. Set in the mid-18th century, this picaresque novel follows the life and adventures of Roderick, the eponymous hero who has been shunned by his gentleman father’s family on the basis of the lowliness of his mother’s family. Expelled from school, Roderick falls back on his natural wit and the support of his maternal uncle. Embarking on a global voyage, hindered by his naivete and with only a few friends to help him, he pursues the rich ladies of the world in order to rise into the high society from which he was rudely ejected. He ends up twice serving on British ships, latterly a warship onto which he is press-ganged. Where will his travels take him? Total running time: 17:50:41 Peter Kenny is an actor and musician. He has worked for A&BC View our full range of titles at n-ab.com Theatre Co., the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC Radio Drama Company. He is a member of the early music group Passamezzo. A prolific reader of audiobooks, he has recorded over fifty titles. For Naxos AudioBooks, he has readPuck of Pook’s Hill and The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

1 The Adventures of Roderick Random 7:21 22 Chapter 20 11:14 2 Apologue 3:41 23 Chapter 21 19:53 3 Chapter 1 8:47 24 Chapter 22 12:22 4 Chapter 2 8:41 25 ‘Having furnished myself with a little money…’ 13:08 5 Chapter 3 9:03 26 Chapter 23 12:28 6 Chapter 4 7:28 27 ‘Whether it was owing to the want of opposition…’ 13:17 7 Chapter 5 10:45 28 Chapter 24 17:45 8 Chapter 6 13:51 29 Chapter 25 10:36 9 Chapter 7 14:04 30 Chapter 26 9:25 10 Chapter 8 15:06 31 Chapter 27 16:47 11 Chapter 9 10:50 32 Chapter 28 10:43 12 Chapter 10 12:36 33 Chapter 29 11:23 13 Chapter 11 15:43 34 Chapter 30 16:46 14 Chapter 12 16:39 35 Chapter 31 7:36 15 Chapter 13 14:57 36 Chapter 32 10:07 16 Chapter 14 13:43 37 Chapter 33 12:11 17 Chapter 15 13:29 38 Chapter 34 19:08 18 Chapter 16 18:19 39 Chapter 35 11:30 19 Chapter 17 17:34 40 Chapter 36 12:41 20 Chapter 18 13:13 41 Chapter 37 9:36 21 Chapter 19 8:12 42 Chapter 38 16:07

1 43 Chapter 39 14:01 63 Chapter 54 16:01 44 Chapter 40 12:15 64 Chapter 55 9:17 45 Chapter 41 18:49 65 Having supped, and continued the game… 11:02 46 Chapter 42 14:23 66 Chapter 56 10:21 47 Chapter 43 13:19 67 While I spoke thus, she concealed her face with her fan… 11:19 48 Chapter 44 13:23 68 Chapter 57 18:01 49 I was ravished at this piece of good news… 10:11 69 Chapter 58 12:00 50 Chapter 45 15:50 70 Chapter 59 13:02 51 This motion was applauded by the whole company. 14:59 71 Chapter 60 13:53 52 Chapter 46 11:06 72 Chapter 61 12:45 53 While we deliberated upon this expedition… 12:26 73 Chapter 62 19:32 54 Chapter 47 19:08 74 Chapter 63 13:39 55 Chapter 48 8:28 75 “You must know, that the civilities I had received from…” 13:21 56 Chapter 49 16:32 76 Chapter 64 15:36 57 Chapter 50 11:25 77 Chapter 65 18:40 58 Early next day, I was favoured with another epistle… 12:03 78 Chapter 66 19:19 59 Chapter 51 18:41 79 Chapter 67 11:44 60 Chapter 52 9:47 80 Having rode all night, I found myself at Canterbury… 10:09 61 Thinking it now high time to retire with my booty… 10:24 81 Chapter 68 13:40 62 Chapter 53 12:18 82 Chapter 69 9:02

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Total running time: 17:50:41 Catalogue no.: NA0487 ISBN: 978-1-78198-349-2

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