Title: The history of Tom Jones, a foundling /
Authors: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754; Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010
Publisher: New American Library,
Year: 1963
Subjects: Man-woman relationships Fiction; Identity (Psychology) Fiction; Foundlings Fiction; Young men Fiction; English fiction; England Fiction.; Great Britain Fiction
Abstract: High-spirited, handsome, and perpetually in trouble because of his gallantry toward the opposite sex, young Tom Jones stands at the center of this great novel of eighteenth-century England. Lusty tale set in 18th century England. Tom Jones is an orphan raised by the village squire who grows up to be a handsome young man with a way with women. He loves the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and falls into many adventures in pursuit of her, including duels, bedroom romps and prison!