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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding

Start date: July 1, 2020

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Jun 13, 2023 Cleo rated it really liked it

4.5 stars !!

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Sep 02, 2014 Library Nymph rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book, in all truth, as some said it was dry. But I did like it, and found it quiet humorous. I thought the ending was sweet. ...more

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Mar 24, 2017 Jamie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Brilliant and absurd! Fielding clearly was ahead of his time. This book was a tragic comedy if there ever was one. I am sure that when it was published in 1749 it offended the most respectable of households. I absolutely adored his language and his characters. There was a point around page 550 though that I did start to get impatient for Mr. Jones' arrival in London, granted I had read nearly 300 pages regarding the journey so perhaps that is to be expected? I will say almost as nearly as it bec ...more

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Apr 11, 2016 Nadia Shireen Siddiqi rated it really liked it

I read this in A'Levels, it's reportedly the first Novel ever written. A very good book, about a Brother and sister practicing Malthusian moral restraint(marry in their thirties, celibate) while they raise the Bastard child of a nobleman and his young eager to learn maid.

Tom Jones' anthology is not too different from Leonardo Da Vinci's life description in 'The First Scientist'
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