The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
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- Hardcover
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Collector's Item. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. EASTON PRESS books are among the highest quality leather bound books ever produced. Bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spine, accented with 22kt gold lettering and designs, printed on archival paper (acid neutral) with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Lustrous silk moire endpapers. A silk page marker is sewn into the binding. This book, in pristine condition, belongs to the Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written series. Exlibris.
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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- VFOL UsedBooks (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2112027
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Fine
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 780
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Leather Bound
- Bookseller catalogs
- humorous fiction; classic fiction; EastonPress;
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