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Two hundred years have not dimmed Fielding's realism. His humor is closer to our own than that of any other writer before the present century.”-Kingsley Amis

“An exquisite picture of human manners.”-Edward Gibbon

“The plotting is complex, astonishing and perfect. It brims with good nature and generosity of spirit....it's full of jokes, suspense, cliffhangers, narrative reversals and pathos.”-Jonathan Cole

The History of Tom Jones is Henry Fielding's greatest work and one of literature's earliest examples of a fully realized protagonist, with both virtues and vices on abundant display. The picaresque story of the orphan Tom, his exile, then subsequent adventures and loves is bristling with the spirit of mid-18th century Britain yet remains a deeply ambitious novel.The frank portrayal of human nature and innovative narrative structure of this classic continues to entice readers hundreds of years after it's publication.

When Mr. Allworthy, a kind country squire, returns from London he finds a baby boy in one of the beds of his estate. Through his inquiry, he determines that the mother is a local woman named Jenny Jones. Allworthy sends her away from the country, and decides to raise the boy, named Tom Jones, with his unmarried sister in their home. Soon after, Allworthy's sister marries and gives birth to her own boy, known as Blifil. He initially appears to be virtuous, yet as he grows it becomes apparent he inherently deceitful. Years later, when Squire Allworthy falls ill Blifil betrays Tom, and he is banished from the house. In his exile, Tom's adventures across his country begin.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The History of Tom Jones is both modern and readable.

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18th century

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Publié par	Mint Editions
Date de parution	29 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781513268194
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The History of Tom Jones
Henry Fielding

The History of Tom Jones was first published in 1749.
This edition published by Mint Editions 2021.
ISBN 9781513266213 | E-ISBN 9781513268194
Published by Mint Editions ®
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Publishing Director: Jennifer Newens
Design & Production: Rachel Lopez Metzger
Typesetting: Westchester Publishing Services

C ONTENTS D EDICATION B OOK 1. C ONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY 1. T HE INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK , OR BILL OF FARE TO THE FEAST 2. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF S QUIRE A LLWORTHY , AND A FULLER ACCOUNT OF M ISS B RIDGET A LLWORTHY , HIS SISTER 3. A N ODD ACCIDENT WHICH BEFEL M R . A LLWORTHY AT HIS RETURN HOME . T HE DECENT BEHAVIOUR OF M RS . D EBORAH W ILKINS , WITH SOME PROPER ANIMADVERSIONS ON BASTARDS 4. T HE READER ’ S NECK BROUGHT INTO DANGER BY A DESCRIPTION ; HIS ESCAPE ; AND THE GREAT CONDESCENSION OF M ISS B RIDGET A LLWORTHY 5. C ONTAINING A FEW COMMON MATTERS , WITH A VERY UNCOMMON OBSERVATION UPON THEM 6. M RS . D EBORAH IS INTRODUCED INTO THE PARISH WITH A SIMILE . A SHORT ACCOUNT OF J ENNY J ONES , WITH THE DIFFICULTIES AND DISCOURAGEMENTS WHICH MAY ATTEND YOUNG WOMEN IN THE PURSUIT OF LEARNING 7. C ONTAINING SUCH GRAVE MATTER , THAT THE READER CANNOT LAUGH ONCE THROUGH THE WHOLE CHAPTER , UNLESS PERADVENTURE HE SHOULD LAUGH AT THE AUTHOR 8. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN M ESDAMES B RIDGET AND D EBORAH ; CONTAINING MORE AMUSEMENT , BUT LESS INSTRUCTION , THAN THE FORMER 9. C ONTAINING MATTERS WHICH WILL SURPRIZE THE READER 10. T HE HOSPITALITY OF A LLWORTHY ; WITH A SHORT SKETCH OF THE CHARACTERS OF TWO BROTHERS , A DOCTOR AND A CAPTAIN , WHO WERE ENTERTAINED BY THAT GENTLEMAN 11. C ONTAINING MANY RULES , AND SOME EXAMPLES , CONCERNING FALLING IN LOVE : DESCRIPTIONS OF BEAUTY , AND OTHER MORE PRUDENTIAL INDUCEMENTS TO MATRIMONY 12. C ONTAINING WHAT THE READER MAY , PERHAPS , EXPECT TO FIND IN IT 13. W HICH CONCLUDES THE FIRST BOOK ; WITH AN INSTANCE OF INGRATITUDE , WHICH , WE HOPE , WILL APPEAR UNNATURAL B OOK 2. C ONTAINING SCENES OF MATRIMONIAL FELICITY IN DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIFE ; AND VARIOUS OTHER TRANSACTIONS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN C APTAIN B LIFIL AND M ISS B RIDGET A LLWORTHY 1. S HOWING WHAT KIND OF A HISTORY THIS IS ; WHAT IT IS LIKE , AND WHAT IT IS NOT LIKE 2. R ELIGIOUS CAUTIONS AGAINST SHOWING TOO MUCH FAVOUR TO BASTARDS ; AND A GREAT DISCOVERY MADE BY M RS . D EBORAH W ILKINS 3. T HE DESCRIPTION OF A DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT FOUNDED UPON RULES DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO THOSE OF A RISTOTLE 4. C ONTAINING ONE OF THE MOST BLOODY BATTLES , OR RATHER DUELS , THAT WERE EVER RECORDED IN DOMESTIC HISTORY 5. C ONTAINING MUCH MATTER TO EXERCISE THE JUDGMENT AND REFLECTION OF THE READER 6. T HE TRIAL OF P ARTRIDGE , THE SCHOOLMASTER , FOR INCONTINENCY ; THE EVIDENCE OF HIS WIFE ; A SHORT REFLECTION ON THE WISDOM OF OUR LAW ; WITH OTHER GRAVE MATTERS , WHICH THOSE WILL LIKE BEST WHO UNDERSTAND THEM MOST 7. A SHORT SKETCH OF THAT FELICITY WHICH PRUDENT COUPLES MAY EXTRACT FROM HATRED : WITH A SHORT APOLOGY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO OVERLOOK IMPERFECTIONS IN THEIR FRIENDS 8. A RECEIPT TO REGAIN THE LOST AFFECTIONS OF A WIFE , WHICH HATH NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL IN THE MOST DESPERATE CASES 9. A PROOF OF THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE FOREGOING RECEIPT , IN THE LAMENTATIONS OF THE WIDOW ; WITH OTHER SUITABLE DECORATIONS OF DEATH , SUCH AS PHYSICIANS , & C ., AND AN EPITAPH IN THE TRUE STILE B OOK 3. C ONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF M R . A LLWORTHY , FROM THE TIME WHEN T OMMY J ONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN , TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN . I N THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 1. C ONTAINING LITTLE OR NOTHING 2. T HE HEROE OF THIS GREAT HISTORY APPEARS WITH VERY BAD OMENS . A LITTLE TALE OF SO L OW A KIND THAT SOME MAY THINK IT NOT WORTH THEIR NOTICE . A WORD OR TWO CONCERNING A SQUIRE , AND MORE RELATING TO A GAMEKEEPER AND A SCHOOLMASTER 3. T HE CHARACTER OF M R . S QUARE THE PHILOSOPHER , AND OF M R . T HWACKUM THE DIVINE ; WITH A DISPUTE CONCERNING ______ 4. C ONTAINING A NECESSARY APOLOGY FOR THE AUTHOR ; AND A CHILDISH INCIDENT , WHICH PERHAPS REQUIRES AN APOLOGY LIKEWISE 5. T HE OPINIONS OF THE DIVINE AND THE PHILOSOPHER CONCERNING THE TWO BOYS ; WITH SOME REASONS FOR THEIR OPINIONS , AND OTHER MATTERS 6. C ONTAINING A BETTER REASON STILL FOR THE BEFORE - MENTIONED OPINIONS 7. I N WHICH THE AUTHOR HIMSELF MAKES HIS APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE 8. A CHILDISH INCIDENT , IN WHICH , HOWEVER , IS SEEN A GOOD - NATURED DISPOSITION IN T OM J ONES 9. C ONTAINING AN INCIDENT OF A MORE HEINOUS KIND , WITH THE COMMENTS OF T HWACKUM AND S QUARE 10. I N WHICH M ASTER B LIFIL AND J ONES APPEAR IN DIFFERENT LIGHTS B OOK 4. C ONTAINING THE TIME OF A YEAR 1. C ONTAINING FIVE PAGES OF PAPER 2. A SHORT HINT OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE SUBLIME , AND A DESCRIPTION OF M ISS S OPHIA W ESTERN 3. W HEREIN THE HISTORY GOES BACK TO COMMEMORATE A TRIFLING INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED SOME YEARS SINCE ; BUT WHICH , TRIFLING AS IT WAS , HAD SOME FUTURE CONSEQUENCES 4. C ONTAINING SUCH VERY DEEP AND GRAVE MATTERS , THAT SOME READERS , PERHAPS , MAY NOT RELISH IT 5. C ONTAINING MATTER ACCOMMODATED TO EVERY TASTE 6. A N APOLOGY FOR THE INSENSIBILITY OF M R . J ONES TO ALL THE CHARMS OF THE LOVELY S OPHIA ; IN WHICH POSSIBLY WE MAY , IN A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE , LOWER HIS CHARACTER IN THE ESTIMATION OF THOSE MEN OF WIT AND GALLANTRY WHO APPROVE THE HEROES IN MOST OF OUR MODERN COMEDIES 7. B EING THE SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THIS BOOK 8. A BATTLE SUNG BY THE MUSE IN THE H OMERICAN STYLE , AND WHICH NONE BUT THE CLASSICAL READER CAN TASTE 9. C ONTAINING MATTER OF NO VERY PEACEABLE COLOUR 10. A STORY TOLD BY M R . S UPPLE , THE CURATE . T HE PENETRATION OF S QUIRE W ESTERN . H IS GREAT LOVE FOR HIS DAUGHTER , AND THE RETURN TO IT MADE BY HER 11. T HE NARROW ESCAPE OF M OLLY S EAGRIM , WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS FOR WHICH WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DIVE PRETTY DEEP INTO NATURE 12. C ONTAINING MUCH CLEARER MATTERS ; BUT WHICH FLOWED FROM THE SAME FOUNTAIN WITH THOSE IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER 13. A DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHICH BEFEL S OPHIA . T HE GALLANT BEHAVIOUR OF J ONES , AND THE MORE DREADFUL CONSEQUENCE OF THAT BEHAVIOUR TO THE YOUNG LADY ; WITH A SHORT DIGRESSION IN FAVOUR OF THE FEMALE SEX 14. T HE ARRIVAL OF A SURGEON .—H IS OPERATIONS , AND A LONG DIALOGUE BETWEEN S OPHIA AND HER MAID B OOK 5. C ONTAINING A PORTION OF TIME SOMEWHAT LONGER THAN HALF A YEAR 1. O F THE S ERIOUS IN WRITING , AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE IT IS INTRODUCED 2. I N WHICH M R . J ONES RECEIVES MANY FRIENDLY VISITS DURING HIS CONFINEMENT ; WITH SOME FINE TOUCHES OF THE PASSION OF LOVE , SCARCE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE 3. W HICH ALL WHO HAVE NO HEART WILL THINK TO CONTAIN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 4. A LITTLE CHAPTER , IN WHICH IS CONTAINED A LITTLE INCIDENT 5. A VERY LONG CHAPTER , CONTAINING A VERY GREAT INCIDENT 6. B Y COMPARING WHICH WITH THE FORMER , THE READER MAY POSSIBLY CORRECT SOME ABUSE WHICH HE HATH FORMERLY BEEN GUILTY OF IN THE APPLICATION OF THE WORD LOVE 7. I N WHICH M R . A LLWORTHY APPEARS ON A SICK - BED 8. C ONTAINING MATTER RATHER NATURAL THAN PLEASING 9. W HICH , AMONG OTHER THINGS , MAY SERVE AS A COMMENT ON THAT SAYING OF A ESCHINES , THAT “ DRUNKENNESS SHOWS THE MIND OF A MAN , AS A MIRROUR REFLECTS HIS PERSON ” 10. S HOWING THE TRUTH OF MANY OBSERVATIONS OF O VID , AND OF OTHER MORE GRAVE WRITERS , WHO HAVE PROVED BEYOND CONTRADICTION , THAT WINE IS OFTEN THE FORERUNNER OF INCONTINENCY 11. I N WHICH A SIMILE IN M R . P OPE ’ S PERIOD OF A MILE INTRODUCES AS BLOODY A BATTLE AS CAN POSSIBLY BE FOUGHT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF STEEL OR COLD IRON 12. I N WHICH IS SEEN A MORE MOVING SPECTACLE THAN ALL THE BLOOD IN THE BODIES OF T HWACKUM AND B LIFIL , AND OF TWENTY OTHER SUCH , IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING B OOK 6. C ONTAINING ABOUT THREE WEEKS 1. O F LOVE 2. T HE CHARACTER OF M RS . W ESTERN . H ER GREAT LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD , AND AN INSTANCE OF THE DEEP PENETRATION WHICH SHE DERIVED FROM THOSE ADVANTAGES 3. C ONTAINING TWO DEFIANCES TO THE CRITICS 4. C ONTAINING SUNDRY CURIOUS MATTERS 5. I N WHICH IS RELATED WHAT PASSED BETWEEN S OPHIA AND HER AUNT 6. C ONTAINING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN S OPHIA AND M RS . H ONOUR , WHICH MAY A LITTLE RELIEVE THOSE TENDER AFFECTIONS WHICH THE FOREGOING SCENE MAY HAVE RAISED IN THE MIND OF A GOOD - NATURED READER 7. A PICTURE OF FORMAL COURTSHIP IN MINIATURE , AS IT ALWAYS OUGHT TO BE DRAWN , AND A SCENE OF A TENDERER KIND PAINTED AT FULL LENGTH 8. T HE MEETING BETWEEN J ONES AND S OPHIA 9. B EING OF A MUCH MORE TEMPESTUOUS KIND THAN THE FORMER 10. I N WHICH M R . W ESTERN VISITS M R . A LLWORTHY 11. A SHORT CHAPTER ; BUT WHICH CONTAINS SUFFICIENT MATTER TO AFFECT THE GOOD - NATURED READER 12. C ONTAINING LOVE - LETTERS , & C . 13. T HE BEHAVIOUR OF S OPHIA ON THE PRESENT OCCASION ; WHICH NONE OF HER SEX WILL BLAME , WHO ARE CAPABLE OF BEHAVING IN THE SAME MANNER . A ND THE DISCUSSION OF A KNOTTY POINT IN THE COURT OF CONSCIENCE 14. A SHORT CHAPTER , CONTAINING A SHORT DIALOGUE BETWEEN S QUIRE W ESTERN AND HIS SISTER B OOK 7. C ONTAINING THREE DAYS 1. A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE STAGE 2. C ONTAINING A CONVERSATION WHICH M R . J ONES HAD WITH HIMSELF 3. C ONTAINING SEVERAL DIALOGUES 4. A PICTURE OF A COUNTRY GENTLEWOMAN TAKEN FROM THE LIFE 5. T HE GENEROUS BEHAVIOUR OF S OPHIA TOWARDS HER AUNT 6. C ONTAINING GREAT VARIETY OF MATTER 7. A STRANGE RESOLUTION OF S OPHIA , AND A MORE STRANGE STRATAGEM OF M RS . H ONOUR 8. C ONTAINING SCENES OF ALTERCATION , OF NO VERY UNCOMMON KIND 9. T HE WISE DEMEANOUR OF M R . W ESTERN IN THE CHARACTER OF A MAGISTRAT