description: 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 tecniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolutionFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 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 and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: History of Tom Jones
titlecomplete: History of Tom Jones
characters: Mr. Dowling, Lady Bellaston, Tom Jones, Squire Western, Sophia Western, Bridget Allworthy, Lord Fellamar, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Allworthy, Molly Seagrim, Nancy Miller, Jenny Jones, Black George, Harriet Fitzpatrick, Narrator, Square, Partridge, Master Blifil, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Thwackum
genres: English Literature, 18th Century, Literature, Novels, Humor, Romance, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 33110
places: Somerset, England, London, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Random House Inc