Tom Jones (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

Henry Fielding

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812966074 ISBN 13: 9780812966077

Publisher: Modern Library Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader. Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household; when his sexual escapades and general misbehavior lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called the glorious lust of doing good, but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in English fiction whose human virtues and vices are realistically depicted. This edition is set from the text of the Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding.

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Review:

"Two hundred years have not dimmed Fielding's realism. His humor is closer to our own than that of any writer before the present century." --Kingsley Amis

About the Author:

Fredson Bowers (Editor) was a professor of literature at the University of Virginia for more than forty years and a preeminent textual critic. Martin C. Battestin (Introduction) is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at the University of Virginia and a leading scholar on Henry Fielding. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0812966074
• ISBN 13: 9780812966077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1024