This is a charming and very readable novel written in the mid 19th century by a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Written around the time of Voltaire's Candide and Flaubert's A Sentimental Education, this novel also mixes the adventure and unexpected turns of a picaresque work with the protagonist being from a mildly upper class lineage. Like those others, A Rogue's Life trades on the main character's one foot in the noble's world and one foot in the workingman/adventurer's world to shed light on the inconsistencies and moral hazards that appear when those two spheres meet. A Rogue's Life also includes a 'lifelong' love story as well, although this one, fortunately, rewards the reader heaps more than the other works mentioned. ... (Avel Rudenko)

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	11. november 2022
ISBN13	9781636375342
Utgivere	Bibliotech Press
Antall sider	150
Mål	152 × 229 × 9 mm · 226 g
Språk	Engelsk

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