Tom Jones
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Tom Jones

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Tom Jones

About this book

" The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ", often known simply as "Tom Jones", is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. The novel is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. The main theme of the novel is the contrast between Tom Jones's good nature, flawed but eventually corrected by his love for virtuous Sophia Western, and his half-brother Blifil's hypocrisy. Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones

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Information

Publisher
Passerino
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9788893450997
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
British Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Tom Jones
  3. Table of contents
  4. BOOK I. — CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY.
  5. BOOK II. — CONTAINING SCENES OF MATRIMONIAL FELICITY IN DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIFE; AND VARIOUS OTHER TRANSACTIONS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN CAPTAIN BLIFIL AND MISS BRIDGET ALLWORTHY.
  6. BOOK III. — CONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN. IN THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
  7. BOOK IV. — CONTAINING THE TIME OF A YEAR.
  8. BOOK V. — CONTAINING A PORTION OF TIME SOMEWHAT LONGER THAN HALF A YEAR.
  9. BOOK VI. — CONTAINING ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
  10. BOOK VII. — CONTAINING THREE DAYS.
  11. BOOK VIII. — CONTAINING ABOUT TWO DAYS.
  12. BOOK IX. — CONTAINING TWELVE HOURS.
  13. BOOK X. — IN WHICH THE HISTORY GOES FORWARD ABOUT TWELVE HOURS.
  14. BOOK XI. — CONTAINING ABOUT THREE DAYS.
  15. BOOK XII. — CONTAINING THE SAME INDIVIDUAL TIME WITH THE FORMER
  16. BOOK XIII. — CONTAINING THE SPACE OF TWELVE DAYS.
  17. BOOK XIV. — CONTAINING TWO DAYS.
  18. BOOK XV. — IN WHICH THE HISTORY ADVANCES ABOUT TWO DAYS.
  19. BOOK XVI. CONTAINING THE SPACE OF FIVE DAYS.
  20. BOOK XVII. CONTAINING THREE DAYS.
  21. BOOK XVIII. CONTAINING ABOUT SIX DAYS.
  22. Chapter the last. In which the history is concluded.