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Tom Jones was abandoned as a baby by his mother. When Tom falls in love with Sophia Western, their union is vehemently opposed by her wealthy father. In despair, Tom joins the army for a brief duration, finds a servant in a barber-surgeon named Partridge, beds two older women, and very nearly * a man in a duel. Eventually the secret of Tom's birth is revealed, giving him one more chance at love with Sophia. Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel. Though lengthy, the novel is highly organised, with critics declaring that it has one of the most perfect plots ever planned. The book became a best seller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. Tom Jones is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book, and as a very influential English novel.
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Tom Jones
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Tom Jones (1970) by Henry Fielding Macmillan | ISBN: 0333077393 Condition: Good (as sold by Crappy Old Books) If you?ve ever thought, ?I wish my novels had more mistaken identities, moral panic, sudden inheritances, tavern brawls, and a narrator who occasionally pauses the story to have a brisk word with me,? then congratulations: you are ready for Henry Fielding?s Tom Jones ? the 18th-century literary equivalent of a six-course meal served with a wink and a raised eyebrow. This 1970 Macmillan edition is your ticket into a world where reputations are fragile, trousers are tight, virtue is loudly advertised, and our hero spends an impressive amount of time being both good-hearted and spectacularly imprudent . Tom is a foundling raised in the countryside, blessed with looks, energy, and a powerful talent for getting into trouble at exactly the worst moment. In modern terms he would be described as ?chaotic good,? except everyone around him is too busy fainting, judging, or writing letters to say it out loud. Fielding, meanwhile, is not content to simply tell a story like an ordinary person. He strides onto the stage as narrator, clears his throat, and delivers little essays, asides, and moral musings as if he?s hosting the entire novel in his drawing room. You?re not just reading Tom Jones ? you?re being personally guided through it by a man who is delighted by human folly and only mildly horrified by it. And what folly! This book is stuffed with: romance that?s always one misunderstanding away from catastrophe, hypocrisy performed with Olympic-level confidence, comic villains who manage to be both menacing and absurd, and enough plot twists to make you suspect Fielding invented the binge-watch. It?s also far more modern than it sounds. Under the wigs and the formal manners there?s a sharp, restless intelligence ? a book that knows people are messy, mixed-up creatures, and that ?goodness? doesn?t always come with good decisions. It?s satire, it?s adventure, it?s social commentary, it?s scandal ? and it?s all delivered with that wonderfully smug, brilliant sense that the author is enjoying himself immensely. This copy is Good , meaning it?s got honest signs of having been read, which is fitting, because Tom Jones is not a book meant to sit untouched looking respectable. It?s meant to be opened, argued with, laughed at, and occasionally admired through narrowed eyes as Fielding once again reminds you that humans are ridiculous and that?s half the point. Ideal for: lovers of classic literature who like their classics alive and cheeky anyone who enjoys a narrator with opinions readers who want a long novel that actually moves people who suspect ?proper society? has always been a bit of a pantomime In short: Tom Jones is a sprawling, mischievous masterpiece about love, luck, and the fine art of getting yourself into a mess ? and then somehow, miraculously, surviving it with your charm intact. . Seller Inventory # 5555
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Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Casebooks Series) by Compton, Neil
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Older book which is still in great condition. No notes or highlighting. Pages also in great condition. See images. A great book. About the book >.>.> This volume presents a selection of criticism since the novel's first publication in 1749, with special emphasis on twentieth-century critical assessments. The contributors include Robert Alter, Martin C. Battestin, G. K. Chesterton, S.T. Coleridge, A. E. Dyson, William Empson, William Hazlitt, Samuel Johnson, Arnold Kettle, Lord Monboddo, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Arthur Murphy, J. Middleton Murry, Ronald Paulson, John Preston, C. J. Rawson, Sir Walter Scott, W. M. Thackeray, Dorothy Van Ghent and lan WattThe volume-editor, the late Professor Neil Compton, was head of the Department of English in the Sir George Williams University, Montreal.The extended plan of the Macmillan Casebook series embraces two categories of book. Individual Authors: Here cach volume concerns a classic of English literature or a significant modem work; occasional volumes deal with closely related works by the same writer. General Themes: This category includes volumes on literary schools and genres.Each Casebook bri. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM115-G-3075
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Condition: Gut - gebraucht. Broschiert 276 S. Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Zustand: 3, Gut - gebraucht, Broschiert MACMILLAN , 1970 276 S. , Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Casebooks Series), Henry Fielding. Seller Inventory # BU297394
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780333077399