Gil Blas

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Gil Blas

Author	Alain-René Lesage
Original title	Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Language	French
Genre	Picaresque
Publisher	Pierre Ribou
Publication date	1715–1735
Publication place	France

Gil Blas (French: L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane [listwaʁ də ʒil blɑ də sɑ̃tijan]) 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.