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  • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

  • Written by: Henry Fielding
  • Narrated by: Kenneth Danzinger
  • Length: 35 hrs and 53 mins
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Written by: Henry Fielding
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A foundling of mysterious parentage, Tom Jones is brought up by the benevolent and wealthy Squire Allworthy as his own son. Tom falls in love with the beautiful and unattainable Sophia Western, a neighbor’s daughter, whose marriage has already been arranged. When Tom’s sexual misadventures around the countryside get him banished, he sets out to make his fortune and find his true identity.

Against the vivid background of 18th-century London, Tom encounters passion, corruption, danger, and intrigue before finally claiming his fortune, legitimacy, and true love. Fielding’s bawdy, colorful, high-spirited novel paints human vices and virtues with unprecedented honesty and good humor, making Tom Jones as fresh and entertaining today as it was 200 years ago.
Public Domain (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Classics Literature & Fiction Literary Fiction
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What the critics say

“Tom Jones…has been admired by many readers as the most meticulously crafted book of its type. With neoclassic objectivity, humor, and fine psychological delicacy, Fielding dissects the motives of his characters to reveal universal truths about human nature.” ( Masterpieces of World Literature)
“Two hundred years have not dimmed Fielding’s realism. His humor is closer to our own than that of any writer before the present century." (Kingsley Amis)

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A delightful romp through the 18th century

The narration of the book is excellent and the long story is a wonderful reminder of the constancies in human/family relations through the centuries.

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