Picaresque novel
TYPE OF LITERATURE, USUALLY INVOLVES A LOWER-CLASS YOUNG PROTAGONIST, ON HIS OWN, OFTEN MAKING A JOURNEY
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The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue" or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish, but "appealing hero", usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.