The history of Tom Jones, a foundling, Henry Fielding
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The history of Tom Jones, a foundling, Henry Fielding
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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no index present
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novels
Main title
The history of Tom Jones
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electronic resource
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795472494
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Henry Fielding
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a foundling
Summary
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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