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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones: 56 (Casebooks Series) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

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.  .

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Binding is sound. Pages age-darkened, clean. Wraps faded, soiled, moderately shelf worn. Wear to corner tips. ; Contents: The Triple World Crisis: Schwartz, "Chinese Visions & American Policies"; Lichtheim, "Pax Russo-Americana?"; Heilbroner, "The Future of Capitalism"; Kazin, "The Jew as Modern Writer"; Slawson, "Mutual Aid and the Negro"; Himmelfarb, "Going to Shul"; Gass, "The U.S. Economy - 1966"; Coffey, "Double Feature"; Compton, "TV Chronicle." Reviews. 11.0" tall; 112 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Binding is sound. Pages age-darkened, clean. Wraps faded, soiled, moderately shelf worn. Wear to corner tips. ; Contents: Bickel, "The Failure of the Warren Report"; Yadin, "Masada and Its Scrolls"; Lichtheim, "Post-Imperial Britain"; Jonas, "The Prince - A Story"; Schmid, "Letter from Tokyo"; Himmelfarb, "Negroes, Jews, and Muzhiks"; Garis, "What Happened to John Barth?"; Compton, "TV While the Sun Shines"; reviews. 11.0" tall; 148 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Binding is sound. Pages age-darkened, clean. Wraps faded, soiled, moderately shelf worn. Wear to corner tips. ; Contents: Draper, "The American Crisis: Vietnam, Cuba & the Dominican Republic"; Isaac, "The Enigma of Circumcision"; Lekachman, "Death of a Slogan - The Great Society 1967"; Lichtheim, "Race Wars in the Making"; Alter, "Exhibiting the Lower East Side"; Davis, "Leslie Fielder's Fictions"; Cmopton, "A Farewell to TV"; reviews. 11.0" tall; 96 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Binding is sound. Pages age-darkened, clean. Wraps faded, soiled, moderately shelf worn. Contents: Singer, "Three Stories for Children" (illustrated by Maurice Sendak); Kahn, "The Problem of the New Left"; Himmelfarb, "Church and State - How High a Wall?"; Lichtheim, "Public Affairs - The View from Europe"; Rosenberg, "Is There a Jewish Art?"; Elliott, "The Achievement of Noah Greenberg"; Dawidowicz, "When Reform Was Young"; Compton, "Pop Music on Camera"; reviews. 11.0" tall; 96 pages.

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.

paperback. Condition: Fair.

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.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 98 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The covers have some light wear about the edges and seams from use. They covers are bright. The contents are most pleasing. They are clean, clear, fresh-faced, tight, confident, fit and healthy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Nice clean used book with no marks.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Brossura. Condition: nuovo. senza sovraccoperta. prima edizione.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition, first printing. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Univ. of Arkansas in 1992. Upper corners of the page block are stained from a dark liquid and some of the page corners have some slight creasing. Corners of the covers and bottom end of the spine have some stains. Inside front cover has a name of a prior owner and a date written at top. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket has a stain in upper front corner, has some tears at top and bottom in back, and is in good plus condition. 9-11 inches, 481 pages, 2.9 lb.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 481 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with stamps and stickers. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Edge worn jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: new.

FIRST EDITION. Octavo (29 x 23cm), pp.12. Newspaper format with six sheets folded once, unbound. Toned paperstock. Fine. A special In Memoriam issue to celebrate the life of Roland Muirhead with contributions from the great and the good of Scottish thinkers including Hugh MacDiarmid, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Douglas Young amongst many others.