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265: 230:. En route, he meets a barber, Partridge, who was banished from town because he was thought to be Tom's father. He becomes Tom's faithful companion in the hope of restoring his reputation. During their journey, they end up at an inn. While they are there, a lady and her maid arrive. An angry man arrives, and the chambermaid points him in the direction that she thinks he needs to go. He bursts in on Tom and Mrs Waters, a woman whom Tom rescued, in bed together. The man, however, was looking for Mrs Fitzpatrick and leaves. Sophia and her maid arrive at the same inn, and Partridge unknowingly reveals the relationship between Tom and Mrs Waters. Sophia leaves with Mrs Fitzpatrick, who is her cousin, and heads for London. They arrive at the home of Lady Bellaston, followed by Tom and Partridge. Eventually, Tom says that his true love is for Sophia and no one else. Tom ends up getting into a duel with Mr Fitzpatrick, which leads to his imprisonment. 222:
health. Allworthy's health improves and he learns that he will live. Tom is so excited that he gets drunk and eventually fights with Master Blifil. Meanwhile, Bridget dies in London. Wanting to conceal her love for Tom, Sophia gives a majority of her attention to Blifil when the three of them are together. This leads to Sophia's aunt, Mrs Western, believing that Sophia and Blifil are in love. Squire Western wants Sophia to marry Blifil to gain property from the Allworthy estate. Blifil learns of Sophia's affection for Tom and is angry. Blifil tells Allworthy that, on the day he almost died, Tom was out drinking and celebrating his coming death. This leads Tom to be banished.
205:. Allworthy returns from London after an extended business trip and finds an abandoned baby sleeping in his bed. He summons his housekeeper, Mrs Deborah Wilkins, to take care of the child. After searching the nearby village Mrs Wilkins is told about Jenny Jones, the young servant of a schoolmaster and his wife, as the most likely person to have committed the deed. Jenny is brought before the Allworthys and admits being the one who put the baby in the bed, but refuses to reveal the father's identity. Mr. Allworthy removes Jenny to a place where her reputation will be unknown and tells Bridget to raise the boy, whom he names Thomas, in his household. 237:. This, however, is not the case, as Tom's mother is in fact Bridget, who conceived him with a man who died before he was born. Tom is thus Squire Allworthy's nephew. After finding out about the intrigues of Blifil, who is Tom's half-brother, Allworthy decides to bestow most of his inheritance on Tom. After Tom's true parentage is revealed, he and Sophia marry, as Squire Western no longer harbours any misgivings about Tom marrying his daughter. Sophia bears Tom a son and a daughter, and the couple live on happily with the blessings of Squire Western and Squire Allworthy. 1656: 376: 890: 1633: 218:
her his protection after learning that she is pregnant. However, Tom later realizes that Molly is somewhat promiscuous. He then falls in love with a neighbouring squire's daughter, Sophia Western. Tom and Sophia confess their love for each other after he breaks his arm rescuing her. Tom's status as a bastard causes Sophia's father and Allworthy to disapprove their love.
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Squire Allworthy falls ill and is convinced that he is dying. His family and servants gather around his bed as he disposes of his wealth. He gives a favourable amount of it to Tom, which displeases Master Blifil. Tom does not care about what he has been given, since his only concern is Allworthy's
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Tom grows into a youth. He tends to be closer friends with the servants and gamekeepers than with members of the gentry. He is close friends with Black George, who is the gamekeeper. His first love is Molly, Black George's second daughter. She throws herself at Tom, who then feels obliged to offer
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Two brothers, Dr Blifil and Captain Blifil, regularly visit the Allworthy estate. The doctor introduces the captain to Bridget in the hope of marrying into Allworthy's wealth. The couple soon marries. After the marriage, Captain Blifil begins to show a coldness to his brother, who eventually feels
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Both introductory chapters to each book and interspersed commentary introduce a long line of further themes. For instance, introductory chapters dwell extensively on bad writers and critics, quite unrelated to the plot but apologetic to the author and the novel itself; and authorial commentary on
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Tom's banishment seems to ensure that Sophia will be forced to marry Blifil, whom she finds odious, so she flees to avoid that fate. Meanwhile, expelled from Allworthy's estate, Tom begins his adventures across Britain, eventually ending up in
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one evening after taking his customary evening stroll before dinner. By then, he has fathered a boy who grows up with the bastard Tom. Captain Blifil's son, known as Master Blifil, is a jealous boy who conspires against Tom.
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The dishevelment of her clothes in the picture was not meant to contradict the word "modesty" in the caption, but was supposed to be understood as being the accidental and unintentional effect of her strenuous physical
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obliged to leave the house for London. He does, and later dies "of a broken heart." Captain Blifil and Bridget start to grow cool towards one another, and the former is found dead from
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Eventually, the secret of Tom's birth is revealed after a brief scare involving Mrs Waters. Mrs Waters is really Jenny Jones, Tom's supposed mother, and Tom fears that he committed
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as the narrator, Bob Roman as Tom, and Karen Morrow as Mrs. Waters. The music was composed by Bob Roberts, lyrics by Ruth Batchelor, and it was arranged and conducted by
193:. It became a best seller with four editions published in its first year alone. It is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book and as an influential English novel. 2104: 791: 517:, Tom's lover and a leading figure in London society, who tries to force Sophia into marriage to a lord by having her raped by him, so that she can have Jones to herself 1861: 1465: 1875: 156:. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by 874:. The inclusion of prostitution and sexual promiscuity in the plot was also novel for its time, and it was the foundation for criticism of the book's "lowness." 2171: 2166: 249:. Each book begins with a prefatory chapter directly addressing the reader, and the narrator provides a continuous commentary on characters and events. 1843: 1694: 1414: 664:, Squire Western's unmarried sister, who wrongly believes herself to "know the World" (both international and national politics and social mores) 2004: 300:. Secondary themes include several other examples of virtue (especially that of Squire Allworthy), hypocrisy (especially that of Thwackum) and 1369: 1439: 988: 973: 943: 690: 2186: 2139: 1179: 591:), a good-natured girl who is imposed on by Mr Nightingale and is ruined by him, together with her family, by lack of constancy in virtue 2176: 658:, tutor to Tom and Master Blifil, a hypocrite who hates Tom Jones, favors Master Blifil and conspires with the latter against the former 2112: 1085: 1066: 809: 783:(1985) serves as a sequel to Henry Fielding's original. Set in 1774, it sees Tom Jones become involved with events leading up to the 2181: 2058: 1997: 1661: 1495: 1338: 1313: 764: 118: 651:, a humanist philosopher and tutor to Tom and Master Blifil; a hypocrite who hates Jones and favors Blifil, but eventually repents 2201: 1711: 304:(for example, that of Mrs Western and Ensign Northerton), sometimes tempered by repentance (for instance Square and Mrs Waters 272:
Fielding presents a panorama of contemporary British life, drawing characters from many different classes and occupations. But
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This depicts the heroine of the novel, but shows her in the latest fashions of 1800, rather than in the historically accurate
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The main theme of the novel is the contrast between Tom Jones's good nature, flawed but eventually corrected by his love for
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that Fielding did not aim at the "realism of presentation" of lifelike detail and psychology practised by authors such as
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of 1749 – it would have been extremely difficult to skip in the clothing styles (and high-heeled shoes) of 1749...
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The Old Order and the New Novel of the Mid-Eighteenth Century: Narrative Authority in Fielding and Smollett.
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In 1964, a studio cast recording of a musical adaptation produced by Theatre Productions Records featured
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Richetti, John. "Representing an Under Class: Servants and Proletarians in Fielding and Smollett."
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Fielding, Henry "Tom Jones" (New York: The Modern Library, 1931). First Modern Library Edition.
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In 2020, it was announced that the book will also be adapted into a jukebox musical called
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The wealthy Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget are introduced in their estate in
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argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned," alongside
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The Providence of Wit: Aspects of Form in Augustan Literature and the Arts
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Before Novels: The Cultural Context of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction
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Desire and Truth: Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels
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as Tom. The film was successful and critically acclaimed, winning four
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Words, Words, Words: From the Beginnings to the Eighteenth Century
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The New Eighteenth Century: Theory, Politics, English Literature
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This class friction gives Fielding an opportunity for biting
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A stage adaptation by Joan Macalpine was written in 1966.
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Specimens of the table talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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dramatised by Simon Burke was broadcast in 1997 with
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Henry Nelson Coleridge,
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The highly visible narrator is a central feature of
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Tom Jones (character)

Henry Fielding
Andrew Millar
Tom Jones
Wikisource
Henry Fielding
Bildungsroman
picaresque novel
W. Somerset Maugham
Great Novelists and Their Novels
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Oedipus Tyrannus
Sophocles
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson
Somerset
apoplexy
London
incest
Etheldreda Townshend
Wayne C. Booth

Ian Watt
Richardson
virtuous
hypocrisy
villainy
Methodism
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