The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding's Tom Jones influenced the development of Wickham's character. He has traits of the main protagonists of "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling": the hero, Tom Jones, and his half-brother, Blifil. There is a deliberate resemblance between the confrontational relationship between the two characters in Fielding's novel and in the one created by Jane Austen between Wickham and Darcy. Finally, the Pemberley estate, under the authority of Mr. Darcy, Senior, recalls the property of the wise Squire Allworthy of Paradise Hall.