The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett - 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. Smollett's satire on human cruelty, stupidity and greed.