The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett (1721 - 1771), first published in 1751, and revised and reissued in 1758. It is the story of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine Pickle, and it provides a comic and caustic portrayal of 18th century European society. (Summary by Wikipedia)