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    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    1998 · Romance

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  1. Henry Fielding, Alice Wakely (Editor), Thomas Keymer (Editor) 3.75. 33,417 ratings1,342 reviews. 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 ...

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  2. Jun 12, 2006 · Reviewed by Allyson Patton. By Henry Fielding. Available in many editions, both soft and hardcover. “To invent good stories, and to tell them well, are possibly very rare talents,” observed Henry Fielding in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

  3. Publication date. 28 February 1749. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel.

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  5. Full of wit, great storytelling, and wonderful acting, this version of Henry Fielding's classic tale gives the Albert Finney movie from the 60's a run for it's money and emerges triumphant. Firstly, the adaptation is masterful. Having Fielding himself narrate the story (delightfully played by John Sessions) was a stroke of genius.

  6. Nov 3, 2023 · Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

  7. Tom Jones is an imposing book on the surface based on its sheer size, and coming from reading too much postmodern fiction I’ve been conditioned to “big books” as a challenge, tomes penned by authors with the intent to defeat prospective readers, to overwhelm them with complexity and opacity and batter them into submission.

  8. 22 User reviews. 2 Critic reviews. Won 3 BAFTA Awards. 4 wins & 5 nominations total. Episodes 5. Top-rated. Sun, Dec 7, 1997. S1.E5. Episode #1.5. With all the characters having entered into a finely balanced web of misunderstandings, schemings and rompings, Tom is now faced with a sinful lowness of fortune.

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