by Henry Fielding · Swan Buch-Vertrieb · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853260216
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«Tom Jones» is the classic novel by Henry Fielding, published by Swan Buch-Vertrieb in paperback (768 pages, in English).
Tom Jones, a young foundling raised by a Somerset squire, is a generous but impulsive lad. After being cast out from his home, he sets off on a journey to London filled with amorous entanglements, fights, and misunderstandings. The novel, described as a comic epic poem in prose, portrays with humour and irony the hypocrisy of eighteenth-century English society.
Complete and unabridged text; the edition includes an introduction and notes by Doreen Roberts. The novel was originally published in 1749; this edition, part of the Wordsworth Classics series, dates from 1992.
Recommended for readers of classic English literature who appreciate satirical humour and lengthy 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.
