Tom Jones

Henry Fielding, Fredson Bowers, Martin C. Battestin

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English

Modern Library Inc
15 September 2002

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household; when his sexual escapades and general misbehavior lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called ""the glorious lust of doing good,"" but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in English fiction whose human virtues and vices are realistically depicted. This edition is set from the text of the Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding.

By: Henry Fielding
Introduction by: Martin C. Battestin
Edited by: Fredson Bowers
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 714g
ISBN: 9780812966077
ISBN 10: 0812966074
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 1024
Publication Date: 15 September 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fredson Bowers was a professor of literature at the University of Virginia for more than forty years and a preeminent textual critic. Martin C. Battestin is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at the University of Virginia and a leading scholar on Henry Fielding. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews for Tom Jones

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