The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
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- ISBN 10
- 0819560480
- ISBN 13
- 9780819560483
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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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- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18584843-6
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0819560480
- ISBN 13
- 9780819560483
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown, Ct
- This edition first published
- 1975-07
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