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\nThis 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...
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Elektronická kniha, určená ke čtení v mobilu, čtečce e-knih, počítači, tabletu apod. Nejedná se o tištěnou knihu.
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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)
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