Tom Jones By Henry Fielding Franklin Press 1980 Leather - Bound
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, or commonly known as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It tot...als 346, 747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone.Tom Jones is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book and as a very influential English novel.This edition, published by the Franklin Library, has all of the quality earmarks that this classic of literature deserves. With a full leather raised spine, gold embossed cloth boards and gilded page ends (all around), this edition is not just a welcome edition to any fine library but will last life times.Comes with a money back guarantee. If not fully satisfied, simply return the book within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price.
