The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Paperback - 2005
by Henry Fielding; Introduction by Thomas Keymer; Alice Wakely (Editor)
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
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A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
- Includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes, glossary, and an appendix of Fielding's revisions
- Introduction discusses narrative tecniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolution
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- Title The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Author Henry Fielding; Introduction by Thomas Keymer; Alice Wakely (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 1024
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-09-01
- ISBN 9780140436228 / 0140436227
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.07 x 1.79 in (19.56 x 12.88 x 4.55 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1360
- Library of Congress subjects England, Identity (Psychology)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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