The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 185)

Fielding, Henry

Editore: The Modern Library, 1936

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1936-39 printing of Toledano 185.1, binding/jacket style 7g, no introduction, orange Rockwell Kent endpapers, $0.95 jacket price, 257 titles on jacket verso. Board spine and edges lightly faded, jacket toned (especially spine), jacket edges rubbed with minor loss. xxii, 861 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on February 28 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy, in Somerset in England's West Country. Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kind-hearted, youth. He develops affection for his neighbour's daughter, Sophia Western. On one hand, their love reflects the romantic comedy genre that was popular in 18th-century Britain. However, Tom's status as a bastard causes Sophia's father and Allworthy to oppose their love; this criticism of class friction in society acted as a biting social commentary. The inclusion of prostitution and sexual promiscuity in the plot was also original for its time, and also acted as the foundation for criticism of the book's 'lowness.

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• Titolo: The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 185)
• Editore: The Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1936
• Rilegatura: Hard Cover
• Edizione: Reissue.
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good
• Peso: 17 once