The History of Tom Jones
Autor Henry Fielding Editat de Alice Wakely, Tom Keymeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 apr 2005
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighbouring squire - though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. But when his amorous escapades earn the disapproval of his benefactor, Tom is banished to make his own fortune. Sophia, meanwhile, is determined to avoid an arranged marriage to Allworthy's scheming nephew and escapes from her rambunctious father to follow Tom to London. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections,Tom Jonesis one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
In his introduction Thomas Keymer discusses narrative techniques and themes, the context of eighteenth century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite rebellion. This volume also includes a chronology, further reading, notes, a glossary and an appendix on Fielding's revisions.
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) born at Sharpham Park, in Somerset, was a dramatist, novelist, political agitator and founder of London's first police force, the 'Bow Street Runners'. As a playwright he was a thorn in the side of Sir Robert Walpole's Whig government, who effectively legislated his retirement from the theatre with the Licensing Act of 1737. Undeterred, Fielding launched his career as a novelist in 1740 withShamela(a parody of Samuel Richardson'sPamela), followed byJoseph Andrews(1741), an anticipation of his masterpiece, the comic novelTom Jones(1749).
If you enjoyedThe History of Tom Jones,you might like Henry Fielding'sThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, also available in Penguin Classics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780140436228
ISBN-10: 0140436227
Pagini: 1024
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0140436227
Pagini: 1024
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Henry
Fielding
(1707-1754)
began
his
career
as
a
novelist
in
1740
with
Shamela
(written
as
a
negative
response
to
Richardson's
Pamela).
The
following
year,
he
published
Joseph
Andrews,
with
which
he
anticipates
his
masterpiece,
Tom
Jones.
His
final
work,
The
Journal
of
a
Voyage
to
Lisbon,
was
published
posthumously
in
1755.
Thomas
Keymer
is
Elmore
Fellow
and
Tutor
in
English
at
St
Anne's
College,
Oxford.
His
books
include
Sterne,
the
Moderns,
and
the
Novel
(2002),
and
co-edited
with
John
Mee,
The
Cambridge
Companion
to
English
Literature
1740-1830
(2004).
Alice
Wakely
completed
a
doctoral
dissertation
on
Samuel
Richardson
at
Magdalen
College,
Oxford,
and
is
currently
at
the
University
of
York.
Thomas Keymer is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne's College, Oxford. His books include Richardson's Clarissa and the 18th Century Reader (1992), Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel (2002), and co-edited with John Mee, The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740-1830 (2004).
Alice Wakely completed a doctoral dissertation on Samuel Richardson at Magdalen College, Oxford and is currently at the University of York.
The editors have previously collaborated on the OUP World's Classics edition of Richardson's Pamela (2001).
Thomas Keymer is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne's College, Oxford. His books include Richardson's Clarissa and the 18th Century Reader (1992), Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel (2002), and co-edited with John Mee, The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740-1830 (2004).
Alice Wakely completed a doctoral dissertation on Samuel Richardson at Magdalen College, Oxford and is currently at the University of York.
The editors have previously collaborated on the OUP World's Classics edition of Richardson's Pamela (2001).
Recenzii
"The plotting is complex, astonishing and perfect. It brims with good nature and generosity of spirit...it's full of jokes, suspense, cliffhangers, narrative reversals and pathos'" -- Jonathan Coe Time Out "I think the Oedipus Tyrannus, The Alchemist, and Tom Jones, the three most perfect plots ever planned. And how charming, how wholesome, Fielding always is! To take him up after Richardson, is like emerging from a sick room heated by stoves, into an open lawn, on a breezy day in May" -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge "An exquisite picture of human manners" -- Edward Gibbon, Author Of The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire "I am shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it: a confession which no modest lady should ever make" -- Samuel Johnson Talking About Tom Jones