The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
The Franklin Library. Fine. 1980. Hardcover. The Franklin Library, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine very nearly As New. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . This is a beautiful faux leather (leatherette) edition. Green boards, four raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, elaborate gilt decoration to covers and spine, patterned endpapers. A handsome copy. ; 8vo ; 736 pp. pages .
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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- E Ridge fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8713
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Illustrator
- Rowlandson Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Classic, Bibliographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Fiction: Mysteries/Thrillers & General; Antiquarian & Collectible Books; Biographies & Autobiographies; Giftable Books;
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