The History of Tom Jones

Henry Fielding, R.P.C. Mutter

ISBN 10: 0140430091 / ISBN 13: 9780140430097

Edité par Penguin Books, 1966

A propos de cet article

911 pages. Cover worn and price on front. text very tannedA milestone in the history of the English novel, Tom Jones draws readers into a world teeming with memorable characters. This epic of everyday life chronicle s the adventures of Tom Jones, who was abandoned as an infant and grows into a l.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The History of Tom Jones
• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date de parution: 1966
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0140430091
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780140430097
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Fair
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Classics

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Synopsis

A novel in which a wealthy widower's humdrum existence is shattered when he discovers a baby boy abandoned in his bed, whom he adopts and names Tom Jones, a decision he may later come to regret.

Biographie de l'auteur

Henry Fielding (1707-1754) began his career as a novelist in 1740 with Shamela (written as a negative response to Richardson's Pamela). The following year, he published Joseph Andrews, with which he anticipates his masterpiece, Tom Jones. His final work, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, was published posthumously in 1755. Thomas Keymer is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne's College, Oxford. His books include Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel (2002), and co-edited with John Mee, The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740-1830 (2004). Alice Wakely completed a doctoral dissertation on Samuel Richardson at Magdalen College, Oxford, and is currently at the University of York.Thomas Keymer is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne's College, Oxford. His books include Richardson's Clarissa and the 18th Century Reader (1992), Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel (2002), and co-edited with John Mee, The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740-1830 (2004).Alice Wakely completed a doctoral dissertation on Samuel Richardson at Magdalen College, Oxford and is currently at the University of York. The editors have previously collaborated on the OUP World's Classics edition of Richardson's Pamela (2001).