Fredson Bowers
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 28
Great books of the Western World volume 37
Modern Library college editions volume T15
Great books of the Western World volume 37
Modern Library college editions volume T15
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 eighteenth-century London,...