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A Rogue's Life. Written by himself

Mr. Frank Softly was sent to one of the most fashionable and famous of the great public schools. "I will not mention it by name, because I don't think the masters would be proud of my connection with it. I ran away three times, and was flogged three times. I made four aristocratic connections, I learnt to play at cricket, to hate rich people, to cure warts, to write Latin verses, to swim, to recite speeches, to cook kidneys on toast, to draw caricatures of the masters, to construe Greek plays, to black boots, and to receive kicks and serious advice resignedly. Who will say that the fashionable public school was of no use after that?" Who indeed. It was the perfect setting for the life of adventure and roguery to follow. From prison cell to even worse disasters on the way to marriage and transportation to the Antipodes, the Rogue is one of Wilkie Collins' most richly comic and inventive creations.

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  • "A rogue's life"
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  • "Mr. Policeman and the cook"@en
  • "Miss Dulane and my lord"
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  • "Ce court roman, dans lequelle le lecteur suit l'histoire d'un escroc du genre sympathique, recèle la quintessence du méchant esprit et de la mauvaise éducation de son auteur. Et c'est du côté du criminel qu'il faut bien à la fin se ranger."
  • "Frank Softly has tried his hand at just about everything from medicine to painting without any success. When he falls in love with a counterfeit coin maker's daughter, Alicia, he decides he must have her, even if that means becoming a criminal."
  • "Mr. Frank Softly was sent to one of the most fashionable and famous of the great public schools. "I will not mention it by name, because I don't think the masters would be proud of my connection with it. I ran away three times, and was flogged three times. I made four aristocratic connections, I learnt to play at cricket, to hate rich people, to cure warts, to write Latin verses, to swim, to recite speeches, to cook kidneys on toast, to draw caricatures of the masters, to construe Greek plays, to black boots, and to receive kicks and serious advice resignedly. Who will say that the fashionable public school was of no use after that?" Who indeed. It was the perfect setting for the life of adventure and roguery to follow. From prison cell to even worse disasters on the way to marriage and transportation to the Antipodes, the Rogue is one of Wilkie Collins' most richly comic and inventive creations."@en
  • "Charming and intelligent but somewhat lacking in the purpose and dedication departments, protagonist Frank Softly just can't seem to find a profession that suits him, much to the chagrin of his family. Still, his journey to find himself is full of entertaining adventures and misadventures. Modern-day readers will find a lot to love in Wilkie Collins' A Rogue's Life."@en

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  • "Novel·les"
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "English fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Mystery and detective stories"@en
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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Picaresque literature"

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  • "Confesiones de un bribón"
  • "Confesiones de un bribón"@es
  • "A Rogues Life"
  • "A rogue's life: from his birth to his marriage"@en
  • "A rogue's life: from his birth to his marriage"
  • "Confesiones de un granuja"
  • "La vida de un perillan"
  • "Confesiones de un granuja"@es
  • "Une belle canaille : roman"
  • "A Rogue's Life / by Wilkie Collins"@en
  • "La vida de un perillán"
  • "La vida de un perillán"@es
  • "A Rogue's Life"@en
  • "Une belle canaille"
  • "[A Rogue's Life. Written by himself.]"@en
  • "Confesiones de un bribon / a rogue's life"
  • "A rogue's life from his birth to his marriage"@en
  • "A rogue's life from his birth to his marriage"
  • "A Rogue's Life from his birth to his marriage"
  • "A rogue's life from his birth to his marriage ; little novels : Miss Dulane and my lord : Mr. policemen and the cook"@en
  • "A Rogue's life"@en
  • "A Rogue's life"
  • "A Rogue's life from his birth to his marriage"
  • "A rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage. Little novels : Miss Duane and my lord, Mr. Policeman and the cook"@en
  • "A Rogue's life : from his death to his marriage ; Little novels"@en
  • "A rogue's life, from his birth to his marriage. Little novels, Miss Duane and my lord, Mr. Policeman and the cook"@en
  • "A rogue's life"@en
  • "Confessions d'un aventurer"@ca
  • "Confessions d'un aventurer"
  • "A rogue's life"
  • "A Rogue 's life"
  • "La Vida de un perillán"
  • "A Rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage"
  • "A Rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage"@en
  • "Rogue's Life"
  • "A rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage ; little novels : Miss Dulane and my lord : Mr. policemen and the cook"@en
  • "Vita di un furfante"@it
  • "Vita di un furfante"
  • "A Rogue's life, from his birth to his marriage, by Wilkie Collins"
  • "Rogue's life"@en
  • "A Rogue's Life - from His Birth to His Marriage"@en
  • "A rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage"
  • "A rogue's life : from his birth to his marriage"@en
  • "A rogue's life, from his birth to his marriage"@en
  • "Vida de un bribón"@es

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