Presents Henry Fielding's 1749 novel, in which Tom Jones, a bawdy young man, is believed to be the illegitimate son of a servant girl, and after he promises to tame his wild ways, Tom competes for the affection of his upper-class neighbor Sophia Western, and eventually learns his true identity.
year: 1996, 1952, 2004
call number/section: 808
subjects: young men, fiction, foundlings, identity (psychology), england, fiction, england, humorous fiction, orphans, humorous stories, social life and customs, 18th century, humorous fiction
Editions
Fielding, Henry
Oxford University Press (1996)
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Fielding, Henry
Encyclopedia Britannica (1952)
Schools: 0
Fielding, Henry
Barnes & Noble (2004)
Presents Henry Fielding's 1749 novel, in which Tom Jones, a bawdy young man, is believed to be the illegitimate son of a servant girl, and after he promises to tame his wild ways, Tom competes for the affection of his upper-class neighbor Sophia Western, and eventually learns his true identity.
Schools: 1