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The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling - Henry Fielding
The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling
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ISBN: 9780140260816 (0140260811)
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Novels, Humor, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Classic Literature, English Literature, 18th Century
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Calyre
Calyre rated it
4.0
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- A vrai dire, poursuivit-il, il est un degré de la générosité (de la charité, devrais-je dire) qui semble avoir quelque apparence de mérite, c'est quad, partant d'un principe de bonté et d'amour chrétien, on donne à autrui ce dont on a soi-même un besoin réel; quand, pour diminuer la détresse d'aut...
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A Man With An Agenda
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4.0 Tom Jones
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Tom Jones, a bastard of infamous parentage, is nevertheless raised by the kind Squire Allworthy as a gentleman. He loves the neighboring Squire's daughter, Sophia, but has no problem sleeping around with the less scrupulous common girls while waiting for his chance with her. His foster father loves ...
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The English Student
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2.5 Tom Jones - Henry Fielding
text Tom Jones - Henry Fielding
I'm slightly trepidatious about reviewing Tom Jones, because Fielding does not like critics. In fact, he is so kind as to say this about them: If a person who pries into the characters of others, with no other design but to discover their faults...deserves the title of a slanderer...why should no...
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Lisa (Harmony)
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4.0 Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)
text Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)
This is a very early novel, published in 1749, and it's telling in several ways this was written when the form was young. There are eccentric spellings, erratic capitalizations, and dialogue isn't set off in the convention we're used to, but has various speakers lumped into one paragraph. There are ...
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Reading Adler's List
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Clever, Mr. Fielding, clever. In anticipation of criticism of his work, he dedicates the first chapter of Book XI to future critics. He lays on a guilt trip. Then he tacks on a quote from Shakespeare for added effect: Besides the dreadful mischiefs done by slander, and the baseness of the mean...
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