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The Adventures of Roderick Random
Les Aventures de Roderick Random
by Tobias Smollett
par Tobias Smollett
Contents
Table des matières
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
PRÉFACE DE L'AUTEUR
APOLOGUE
APOLOGUE
CHAPTER I.
CHAPITRE I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPITRE II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPITRE III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPITRE IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPITRE V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPITRE VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPITRE VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPITRE VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPITRE IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPITRE X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPITRE XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPITRE XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPITRE XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPITRE XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPITRE XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPITRE XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPITRE XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPITRE XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPITRE XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPITRE XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPITRE XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPITRE XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPITRE XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPITRE XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPITRE XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPITRE XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPITRE XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPITRE XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPITRE XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPITRE XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPITRE XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPITRE XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPITRE XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPITRE XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPITRE XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPITRE XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPITRE XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPITRE XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPITRE XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPITRE XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPITRE XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPITRE XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPITRE XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPITRE XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPITRE XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPITRE XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPITRE XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPITRE XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPITRE XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPITRE L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPITRE LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPITRE LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPITRE LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPITRE LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPITRE LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPITRE LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPITRE LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPITRE LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPITRE LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPITRE LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPITRE LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPITRE LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
CHAPITRE LXIII.
CHAPTER LXIV.
CHAPITRE LXIV.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPITRE LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CHAPITRE LXVI.
CHAPTER LXVII.
CHAPITRE LXVII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPITRE LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
CHAPITRE LXIX.
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
PRÉFACE DE L'AUTEUR
Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing familiar scenes in an uncommon and amusing point of view, invests them with all the graces of novelty, while nature is appealed to in every particular.
De toutes les formes de satire, il n'en est point d'aussi divertissante et d'aussi universellement instructive que celle qui est introduite, pour ainsi dire incidemment, dans le cours d'une histoire captivante, qui ramène chaque incident à la réalité de la vie, et qui, en représentant des scènes familières sous un angle insolite et plaisant, les pare de tous les attraits de la nouveauté, tandis que la nature est invoquée en chaque détail.
Vocabulary
- Les
- le — Definite plural article meaning 'the'
- Aventures
- av-ahn-tür — Adventures; exciting or remarkable experiences
- de
- duh — Of, from; general-purpose preposition
- par
- par — By; indicates authorship or means
- Table
- tahbl — Table; flat surface or organized list
- des
- deh — Of the; contracted plural preposition-article
- matières
- mah-tyair — Subjects, matters; used in 'table of contents'
- PRÉFACE
- preh-fas — Preface; introductory section of a book
- DE
- duh — Of, from; general preposition
- L
- el — Shortened form of 'le' or 'la' before vowel
- AUTEUR
- oh-tur — Author; person who writes a literary work
- APOLOGUE
- ah-po-log — Apologue; moral fable or allegorical story
- CHAPITRE
- shah-peetr — Chapter; numbered division of a book
- De
- duh — Of, from; preposition beginning a sentence or phrase
- toutes
- toot — All (feminine plural); every one of them
- les
- le — The (plural); definite article for plural nouns
- formes
- form — Forms, shapes; types or varieties of something
- satire
- sah-teer — Satire; literary mockery of vice or folly
- il
- eel — He, it; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- n'
- nuh — Negation particle; used before vowels with 'pas'
- en
- ahn — Of it, some; pronoun replacing a partitive phrase
- est
- eh — Is; third-person singular of 'être' (to be)
- point
- pwahn — Not at all; stronger negation, literary alternative to 'pas'
- d'
- duh — Of, from; elided form of 'de' before vowel
- aussi
- oh-see — Also, as, so; used for comparison or addition
- divertissante
- dee-vair-tee-sahnt — Entertaining, amusing; that which diverts attention pleasantly
- et
- eh — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- universellement
- ü-nee-vair-sel-mahn — Universally; in a way applying to everyone everywhere
- instructive
- an-strük-teev — Instructive; providing useful knowledge or moral lessons
- que
- kuh — That, which, than; conjunction or relative pronoun
- celle
- sel — That one (feminine); demonstrative pronoun referring back
- qui
- kee — Who, which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- introduite
- an-tro-dweet — Introduced; past participle of 'introduire', to introduce
- pour
- poor — For, in order to; preposition expressing purpose
- ainsi
- an-see — Thus, so, in this way; adverb of manner
- dire
- deer — To say, to tell; fundamental speech verb
- incidemment
- an-see-dah-mahn — Incidentally; in passing, as a side matter
- dans
- dahn — In, inside; preposition indicating location or context
- le
- luh — The (masculine singular); definite article
- cours
- koor — Course, flow; progression or sequence of events
- une
- ün — A, an (feminine); indefinite article
- histoire
- ees-twar — Story, history; narrative or account of events
- captivante
- kap-tee-vahnt — Captivating; holding attention in a compelling way
- ramène
- rah-men — Brings back, leads back; returns something to a place
- chaque
- shahk — Each, every; distributive adjective for individual items
- incident
- an-see-dahn — Incident; a single event within a larger narrative
- à
- ah — To, at, in; highly common preposition
- la
- lah — The (feminine singular); definite article
- réalité
- reh-ah-lee-teh — Reality; the state of things as they actually exist
- vie
- vee — Life; existence or the experience of living
- représentant
- ruh-preh-zahn-tahn — Representing, depicting; showing or portraying something
- scènes
- sen — Scenes; depictions of situations or settings
- familières
- fah-mee-lyair — Familiar; well-known, ordinary, or everyday in nature
- sous
- soo — Under, beneath; preposition indicating position or perspective
- un
- uhn — A, an (masculine); indefinite article
- angle
- ahn-gl — Angle, perspective; point of view or approach
- insolite
- an-so-leet — Unusual, strange; not ordinary or expected
- plaisant
- pleh-zahn — Pleasant, amusing; agreeable or entertaining to encounter
- pare
- par — Adorns, decks out; to dress up or embellish something
- tous
- too — All (masculine plural); every one of a group
- attraits
- ah-treh — Charms, attractions; appealing qualities drawing interest
- nouveauté
- noo-voh-teh — Novelty; the quality of being new or fresh
- tandis
- tahn-dee — While, whereas; conjunction contrasting two simultaneous events
- nature
- nah-tür — Nature; the natural world or inherent character of things
- invoquée
- an-vo-keh — Invoked; called upon or appealed to for support
- détail
- deh-tay — Detail; a small specific element of a larger whole
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