num_pages: 975
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: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
titlecomplete: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
characters: Narrator, Lord Fellamar, Mr. Allworthy, Partridge, Mr. Dowling, Lady Bellaston, Squire Western, Nancy Miller, Molly Seagrim, Master Blifil, Sophia Western, Harriet Fitzpatrick, Bridget Allworthy, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Black George, Mrs. Miller, Thwackum, Tom Jones, Square, Jenny Jones
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, 18th Century, Literature, English Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 33103
places: England, London, England, Somerset, England
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Penguin Books