by Henry Fielding · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474613193
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«Tom Jones I» is the classic novel by Henry Fielding, published by Club Internacional del Libro in paperback, in Spanish, with 336 pages.
The story centers on Tom Jones, a young foundling raised by a squire in the eighteenth-century English countryside. His loves, encounters and misadventures form an extensive journey that Fielding uses to satirize hypocrisy, double standards and class differences. This volume corresponds to the first part of the novel.
It was originally published in 1749. This Spanish edition appeared in 1984 in the Grandes Genios de la Literatura Universal collection (no. 64).
It will appeal to readers of classics who enjoy social satire and eighteenth-century adventure novels.
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.
