Tom Jones by Fielding, Henry

Tom Jones (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486831749)

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Tom Jones by Fielding, Henry

Tom Jones

$10.00
Tom Jones by Fielding, Henry

Tom Jones

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Format: Paperback
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When Squire Allworthy returns from London to discover a sleeping baby of unknown parentage in his bed, Tom Jones makes its rollicking start toward a picaresque journey across eighteenth-century England. Its foundling hero, having grown to young manhood and developed a passion for the girl next door, finds himself banished from the squire's country estate by the contrivance of a romantic rival. Lusty, good-hearted Tom is thus compelled to seek his fortune far from home and, ultimately, in the company of soldiers, thieves, whores, and other vividly drawn characters.
One of the first and most influential novels, Tom Jones was an instant sensation upon its publication in 1749. Henry Fielding's masterpiece of wit, written in a mock-epic style that parallels Tom's adventures with episodes from classical mythology, offers an exuberant panorama of eighteenth-century life. Beloved for its bawdy humor and adroit social commentary, the novel has been adapted many times for stage and screen and ranks among English literature's greatest comedies.

Author: Henry Fielding
ISBN-10: 0486831744
ISBN-13: 9780486831749
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2019
Pages: 768
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 2.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 13.8
Point Value: 82
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 60668 / History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
By Henry Fielding
By Henry Fielding
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Dubbed "the father of the English novel" by Sir Walter Scott, Henry Fielding (1707-54) was educated at Eton and worked as a barrister, although writing was his true vocation. In 1741 he published Shamela, a parody of Samuel Richardson's sentimental and moralistic Pamela, followed a year later by Joseph Andrews. In 1749 he produced Tom Jones, his comic masterpiece and an incomparably vivid portrait of English society during the mid-18th century.

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