History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding's sprawling comic masterpiece follows a good-hearted foundling through misadventure, love, and English society toward the truth of his birth.

At a glance Cast up on the world as an infant of unknown parentage, a warm-hearted, hot-blooded… What it's about Henry Fielding's great novel tells the life of Tom Jones, a foundling… In love with the beautiful Sophia Western but thwarted by class, scheming rivals, and… Along the way he meets a vast gallery of characters, high and low, honest and…

Henry Fielding's great novel tells the life of Tom Jones, a foundling raised by a kindly squire and grown into a spirited, impulsive, essentially decent young man.