by Henry Fielding · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140430097
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«Tom Jones» is the comic novel by Henry Fielding, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (896 pages, in English).
Tom Jones is a foundling of mysterious origin raised by Squire Allworthy. In love with Sophia Western, his impulsive temperament takes him from the English countryside to London in a succession of entanglements. The work combines humor, social satire, and criticism of the conventions of eighteenth-century England, and is considered a precursor of the modern novel.
The novel was originally published in 1749 as The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, notes, and glossary.
For readers interested in the classics of English literature and in eighteenth-century social satire.
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.
