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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
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- Hardcover
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- As New with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. As New with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown leather, decorated with 22kt gold, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering or decoration in each compartment, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, a.e.g., coral moire silk endpapers, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smythe sewn, and with concealed muslin joints. Illustrated with color drawings by T. M. Cleland. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. . The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Color drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xvi, 780 pp .
Synopsis
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 neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature. Includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes, glossary, and an appendix of Fielding's revisions Introduction discusses narrative tecniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolution
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18477
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Illustrator
- T. M. Cleland
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- New As New with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Classics, Leather, Fiction;, Fine Binding, Literature;, Easton Press, Erotic, Erotica
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