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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Series: Penguin Classics
HumorClassic FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 0140436227
ISBN13: 9780140436228
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Sep 1 2005
Pages: 1024
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.79 Width: 5.07 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780140436228
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Sep 1 2005
Pages: 1024
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.79 Width: 5.07 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Inspiration for the PBS Masterpiece series Tom Jones starring Hannah Waddingham A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire--though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature. - Includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes, glossary, and an appendix of Fielding's revisions
- Introduction discusses narrative techniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolution
For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With nearly 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as quality translations by award-winning translators.
For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With nearly 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as quality translations by award-winning translators.
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