num_pages: 854
description: Henry Fielding's high-spirited hero is a foundling of mysterious origins, discovered abandoned one night in the bed of the wealthy and benevolent Mr Allworthy. Tom's intrigues, amours and picaresque adventures, and how he pursues and wins the lovely and apparently unattainable Sophia Western, are the ingredients of a gloriously elaborate plot. The novel appeared in 1749 to a mixture of consternation and applause. Fielding's blithe and racy humour, his insight into sexual ethics and social hypocrisy and his preoccupation with happiness as well as goodness give us, in Tom Jones, an unrivalled entertainment.--back cover
language: English
title: The History of Tom Jones
titlecomplete: The History of Tom Jones
characters: Lord Fellamar, Black George, Partridge, Squire Western, Mr. Dowling, Narrator, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Allworthy, Bridget Allworthy, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Molly Seagrim, Sophia Western, Square, Lady Bellaston, Harriet Fitzpatrick, Tom Jones, Nancy Miller, Jenny Jones, Thwackum, Master Blifil
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, English Literature, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Humor, British Literature
ratings_count: 33106
places: London, England, Somerset, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Penguin