num_pages: 916
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 first and most influential English novels, a comic masterpiece.
language: English
title: Tom Jones
titlecomplete: 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: 33111
places: Somerset, England, London, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Oxford University Press