The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television_adaptation
gptkb:stage_play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Tobias_Smollett
gptkbp:character_arc Peregrine's growth
gptkbp:character_development complex characters
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced American literature
influenced British literature
influenced European literature
gptkbp:followed_by The History and Adventures of an Atom
gptkbp:genre picaresque novel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henry_Fielding
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
satirical literature
adventure novels
bildungsroman
gptkbp:inspired modern novels
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:length approximately 600 pages
gptkbp:literary_significance early example of the picaresque genre
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Peregrine_Pickle
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person narration
gptkbp:notable_characters gptkb:Captain_C._W._M._Pickle
Miss Williams
Mr. T. M. Pickle
gptkbp:notable_quote “ Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
“ Fortune favors the bold.”
“ Life is a series of adventures.”
“ The world is a stage.”
“ To be a hero is to be a fool.”
gptkbp:original_language English
gptkbp:plot adventures of Peregrine Pickle
gptkbp:published 1751
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:A._Dodd
gptkbp:setting various locations in Europe
18th century England
gptkbp:style satirical
comic elements
dramatic elements
ironic elements
gptkbp:themes social criticism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tobias_Smollett
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5