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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

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Sep 14, 2008 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: read-2013, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, mtbr-challenge-2013, british-literature, 1000-guardian, librivox, fiction-18th-century

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The audio version can be found at LibriVox.

Book X - Chapter i:
Reader, it is impossible we should know what sort of person thou wilt be; for, perhaps, thou may'st be as learned in human nature as Shakespear himself was, and, perhaps, thou may'st be no wiser than some of his editors. Now, lest this latter should be the case, we think proper, before we go any farther together, to give thee a few wholesome admonitions; that thou may'st not as grossly misu ...more

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May 01, 2018 Chrissie rated it did not like it

Shelves: humor, love, audible-us, great-britain, georgian, classics, dnf, not-for-me, returned

Why have I shelved this book "not-for-me"? I listened to an hour and a half of it and decided I did not want to continue. The entire audiobook lasts for 35 hours and 47 minutes. Yeah, it is long, and if it is going to be long I want it to be good. I want to be captivated, engaged, pulled in. I felt none of that here.

The author takes on the role of the narrator and talks to the reader. You are not reading it first-hand; he is telling you what has happened and makes comments. The result? It feels ...more

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