by Henry Fielding · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140620177
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«Tom Jones» is the classic novel by Henry Fielding, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (864 pages, in English).
Tom, a foundling of mysterious origin, appears one night in Mr. Allworthy's bed. His love affairs and picaresque adventures lead him to pursue the beautiful Sophia Western across eighteenth-century England, from Somerset to London, while Fielding portrays with humor and irony the social hypocrisy and moral dilemmas of the age.
The original title, «The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling», was published in 1749. This edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics collection.
Suitable for readers of classic literature and eighteenth-century English fiction who enjoy long, ironic novels full of entanglements.
Henry Fielding was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) and Amelia (1751). Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. As well as being a novelist, Fielding was also a playwright, known for his satirical comedies The Author's Farce (1730), Tom Thumb (1730), The Letter Writers (1731) and The Tragedy of Tragedies (1731). He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force.
