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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Handsomely bound in full deep green leatherette lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. . Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042788
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CLASSIC LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
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- New
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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