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17 by Henry Fielding; History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Download This eBook. Format Url Size; Fielding, Henry, Title: History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Humorous stories Subject: England -- Fiction. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February in London and is among the earliest English works to . Tom Jones, the hero of the book, is introduced to the reader as the ward of a liberal Somerset squire. Tom is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women. Misfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune, teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness.

Reviewed by Allyson Patton. By Henry Fielding. Available in many editions, both soft and hardcover. "To invent good stories, and to tell them well, are possibly very rare talents," observed Henry Fielding in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Published in , Tom Jones has been hailed as one of the great comic novels of English. Librivox recording of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy. Tom grows. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is a novel by Henry Fielding. Summary Mr. Thomas Allworthy the rich and benevolent owner of one of the largest estates in Somersetshire, and his oddly assorted household.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel. [1]. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Download This eBook. Format Url Fielding, Henry, Title: History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Language. henry fielding. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. BOOK I. — CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY.