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- The Adventures of Peregrine PickleFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett, first published in 1751 and revised and published again in 1758. It tells the story of an egotistical man who experiences luck and misfortunes in the height of 18th-century European society.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Peregrine_Pickle
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The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue" or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish, but "appealing hero", usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. Picaresque novels typically adopt a realistic style. There are
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See moreAccording to the traditional view of Thrall and Hibbard (first published in 1936), seven qualities distinguish the picaresque novel or narrative form, all or some of which an author may employ for effect:
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While elements of Chaucer and Boccaccio have a picaresque feel and may have contributed to the style, the modern picaresque begins with...
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2. ^ Thrall, William and Addison Hibbard. A Handbook to Literature. The Odyssey Press, New York. 1960....
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See more• Robert Alter (1965), Rogue's progress: studies in the picaresque novel
• Garrido Ardila, Juan Antonio, El género picaresco en la crítica literaria, Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2008.
• Garrido Ardila, Juan Antonio, La novela picaresca en Europa, Madrid: Visor libros, 2009....
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