Henry Fielding
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Although raised and taught to love virtue by the Squire Allworthy, Tom Jones tries to do good but finds himself unable to control his temper and appetite for food, drink, and women. Eventually getting kicked out of Allworthy's estate and being separated from his true love, Sophia Western, Tom begins his journey from the English countryside to London. Along the way he meets various people, experiences adventure, discovers his true parentage, and finally...
2) Tom Jones
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Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household; when his sexual escapades and general misbehavior lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called “the glorious lust of doing good,” but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one...
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Joseph Andrews, fired by his employer, Lady Booby, for refusing her advances, sets out from London to visit his sweetheart, Fanny, in the company of his friend, Parson Abraham Adams. Fate in the form of a mugging, a kidnapping, and a revelation about parentage seems to be against them, but the odyssey ends happily with a wedding
4) Shamela
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Shamela is a bawdy, spirited, and hilarious response to Samuel Richardson's hugely popular 1740 novel, Pamela. In a pointed satire, Shamela, which happens to be the real name of Richardson's Pamela, reveals the ulterior motives behind the events that took place in Pamela. Shamela is unlike the virtuous young lady portrayed in Richardson's novel, and she takes command of her master, Squire Booby. She has planned it all out from the start and is determined...
5) Tom Jones
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Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. When he falls in love with the bright, beautiful heiress Sophia Western, and she falls in love with him, their families unite against the match. They both end up in London, facing the wiles and whims of Sophia's aunt, the beguiling but dangerous Lady Bellaston, who...
6) Tom Jones
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Follows the bawdy activities of Tom Jones, a foundling of mysterious origin, adopted by a squire in eighteenth-century England.