824 pages
English language
Published Sept. 26, 1963 by Washington Square Press.
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling.
Henry Fielding: The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. (1963, Washington Square Press)
- OCLC Number:
- 4788592
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The foundling Tom Jones is found on the property of a benevolent, wealthy landowner. Tom grows up to be a vigorous, kind-hearted young man, whose love of his neighbor's well-born daughter brings class friction to the fore. The presence of prostitution and promiscuity in Tom Jones caused a sensation at the time it was published, as such themes were uncommon. It is divided into 18 shorter books, and is considered one of the first English-language novels.
Subjects
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Foundlings -- Fiction
- Young men -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction