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Gil Blas

by Alain René Le Sage

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Originally published as «Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane» (French)

Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated several times into English, most notably by Tobias Smollett in 1748 as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.

First published 1747250 pages
843.5
Category
Literature
Priority
Recommended
Author works
1
Editions known
163
Classification
Dewey (DDC)
843.5843.51845823.6
Library of Congress (LCC)
PQ1997.G6 S5 1847PQ1997.G6 E5 1810PQ1997 G5 1920PQ1997.G6 S5 1931
Subjects
Adventure and adventurers -- FictionAdventure storiesBlas, Gil (Fictitious character) -- FictionCHR 1835FictionFiction, generalFrenchFrench Picaresque literatureFrench fictionFrench literatureGRABADO FRANCESGil Blas (Fictitious character)
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ISBN 9780461873955English
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First published1747
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