Tom JonesPenguin Publishing Group, 1963 - 864 páginas Henry Fielding's Tom Jones is both one of the great comic masterpieces of English literature and a major force in the development of the novel form. By 1749, the year Tom Jones appeared, the novel was only beginning to be recognized as a potentially literary form. Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa had appeared only the year before, and for the most part in intellectual circles prose fiction was not considered a worthy pursuit. Despite the publication by Jonathan Swift, a member of the literary elite surrounding Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, of Gulliver's Travels in 1726, the sanctioned genres of the first half of the eighteenth century were verse and drama. The novels of Daniel Defoe, seen by many as purely adventure tales, were not regarded as worthy of serious consideration. They were, however, instrumental in the development of a suitable reading public, without which Fielding probably would not have attempted any form of sustained prose fiction. |
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... Baddington , who was said to have beaten his wife in the most cruel manner . Nay , in some places it was reported he had murdered her ; in others that he had broke her arms ; in others , her legs ; in short , there was scarce an injury ...
... Baddington , who was said to have beaten his wife in the most cruel manner . Nay , in some places it was reported he had murdered her ; in others that he had broke her arms ; in others , her legs ; in short , there was scarce an injury ...
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... Baddington to inform herself of the truth of the fact ; for the captain expressed great dislike at all hasty proceedings in criminal matters , and said he would by no means have Mr. Allworthy take any resolution either to the prejudice ...
... Baddington to inform herself of the truth of the fact ; for the captain expressed great dislike at all hasty proceedings in criminal matters , and said he would by no means have Mr. Allworthy take any resolution either to the prejudice ...
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... Baddington with that of her delivery that she had there conceived this infant , yet it by no means followed of necessity that Partridge must have been its father ; for , to omit other par- ticulars , there was in the same house a lad ...
... Baddington with that of her delivery that she had there conceived this infant , yet it by no means followed of necessity that Partridge must have been its father ; for , to omit other par- ticulars , there was in the same house a lad ...
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Dedication | 27 |
The readers neck brought into danger by | 34 |
Containing such grave matter that the reader | 42 |
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acquainted affection Allworthy Allworthy's Aristotle arrived aunt Baddington beauty began begged behaviour believe better brother called captain cerning charms child cousin cries Jones daugh daughter dear declared desire doth endeavour eyes father favour fellow Fitzpatrick fortune gamekeeper gave girl give greatly happened harpsichord hath heard heart honour hope horse husband imagine inclinations Jenny Jenny Jones justice of peace kind knew la'ship Lady Bellaston ladyship landlady least likewise madam manner marriage married Master Blifil matter means mentioned mind Miss Bridget mistress Molly morning nature never Nightingale obliged occasion opinion Partridge passion perhaps person pleased poor present promise reader reason received say the truth servants sister soon sooner squire Squire Allworthy sure tender thee things thou thought Thwackum tion told Tom Jones tridge violent virtue Western whole wife woman women word young gentleman young lady