Tom Jones
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Modern Library, c1985.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Modern Library ed.
Physical Desc:
982 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure:
1360L
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Description
Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: - New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars - Biographies of the authors - Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events - Footnotes and endnotes - Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work - Comments by other famous authors - Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations - Bibliographies for further reading - Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works. Reacting against the sentimentality and moralism of the earliest English novels, Henry Fielding chose to create a work whose main character contains all the complexities of a real human being: the foundling Tom Jones. Tom has been raised by the Squire Allworthy to love virtue, and he truly wants to do good. But Tom's inability to control his temper and his hearty appetite for food, drink, and the opposite sex get him kicked out of Allworthy's estate - and separated from his one real love, Sophia Western. So he begins a journey from the English countryside to the teeming city of London. Along the way he meets a parade of colorful characters, enjoys a series of bawdy, comic adventures, eventually discovers his true parentage, triumphs over the villainous Blifil, and rejoins the beautiful Sophia. Soon after its 1749 publication, Tom Jones was condemned for being "lewd," and even blamed for several earthquakes. But what really riled its critics was its supremely funny satirical attack on eighteenth-century British society and its follies and hypocrisies - which, of course, are very much like our own. Ross Hamilton is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College, where he specializes in eighteenth-century and romantic literature. His book, The Shock of Experience: A Literary History of Accident, is forthcoming.
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Norwich/Otis Adult Fiction
F FIELDING
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Old Lyme A Fiction
FIC FIELDING
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0394605195
Lexile measure:
1360
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APA Citation (style guide)
Fielding, H., & Bowers, F. (1985). Tom Jones. 1st Modern Library ed. New York, Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 and Fredson. Bowers. 1985. Tom Jones. New York, Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 and Fredson. Bowers, Tom Jones. New York, Modern Library, 1985.
MLA Citation (style guide)Fielding, Henry and Fredson Bowers. Tom Jones. 1st Modern Library ed. New York, Modern Library, 1985.
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