- Fiction, Foundlings, Young men, Identity (Psychology)
The foundling Tom Jones is found on the property of a benevolent, wealthy landowner. Tom grows up to be a vigorous, kind-hearted young man, whose love of his neighbor's well-born daughter brings class friction to the fore. The presence of prostitution and promiscuity in Tom Jones caused a sensation at the time it was published, as such themes were uncommon. It is divided into 18 shorter books, and is considered one of the first English-language novels.
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Prestige, spare, classical in form and cool.
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Henry Fielding
- First published
- 1890
- Pages
- 608
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, Tritech Digital Media LLC, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 435
- Language
- Chinese, German, French, Russian
- ISBN
- 9780217299190
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An English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel *Tom Jones*. Portraits suggest a rather large proboscis.
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