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A Rogue's Life
Author Title A Rogue's Life Issue stat. Saga Egmont 2021 Saga Egmont Phys.des. 250 ISBN 9990003836700 9788726933086 Note DOKUMENT JE K DISPOZICI POUZE V ELEKTRONICKÉ PODOBĚ! Form, Genre 7 E-knihy * 7 Česká a světová literatura * 7 Historické romány * 7 Světová literatura * 7 Klasická literatura Annotation 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) Country Czech Republic Doc. Kind Digitalizované dokumenty 
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