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The narrative follows an unscrupulous, cunning adventurer whose life of calculated vice carries him from youth into a series of romantic intrigues, fraudulent partnerships, and military episodes across European towns and camps. Through episodic adventures—plots of seduction, schemes for profit, betrayals, narrow escapes, and moments of comic violence—he alternately triumphs and suffers reversals while encountering a parade of accomplices, victims, and curious personalities. The two-part structure stitches together satire and picaresque incident to examine themes of moral corruption, social hypocrisy, and the instability of identity, emphasizing inventive incident over psychological realism.

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Title: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete

Author: T. Smollett

Release date: September 9, 2004 [eBook #6761]
Most recently updated: April 25, 2025

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM — COMPLETE ***

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

by Tobias Smollett

COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS

With the Author’s Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D. Department of English, Harvard University.