Tom Jones: Introduction by Claude Rawson Contributor(s): Fielding, Henry (Author), Rawson, Claude (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0679405690 ISBN-13: 9780679405696 Publisher: Everyman's Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 1991 Annotation: Fielding tells this hugely entertaining story of a foundling and how he arrives, through sexual misadventures and elaborate disasters, to claim his legitimacy, his fortune, and his true love. Click for more in this series: Everyman's Library Classics |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 91052996 |
Lexile Measure: 1360(Not Available) |
Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
Physical Information: 1.91" H x 5.47" W x 8.32" L (1.92 lbs) 427 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 60668 Reading Level: 13.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 82.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of the first and most influential of English novels, Henry Fielding's Tom Jones--published in 1749--is blessed with a lively and endearing hero at the center of one of the most ingeniously constructed comic plots in fiction. Tom Jones, a foundling brought up in the household of the benevolent Squire Allworthy, falls in love with the beautiful heiress Sophia Western, whose father forbids them to marry on grounds of Tom's low birth. Tom is a lusty, high-spirited yet good-hearted soul, and after he is banished by his guardian for youthful misbehavior he heads to London to make his own fortune, with the smitten Sophia in pursuit. A series of bawdy escapades and assorted scrapes ensues, including a duel and a stint in prison, before the mystery of Tom's birth is unraveled. Fielding used all the dramatic skill he had amassed as a successful playwright for the London stage to tell this hugely entertaining story of a flawed but generous hero claiming his true identity and his true love.(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed). |
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