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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
de FIELDING, Henry
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Pale grey linen with paper spine labels lettered in black and red, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xvii, 362pp; pp. 363-782. Color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Both spines faintly tanned; bookplate on each front pastedown; minor expert archival mends to tight and nice slipcase. Handsome set of the LEC's second publication of this 1749 classic, the 12th volume in their 20th series; in 1931 it was the 1st title in their 3rd series. Colophon at rear notes limitation of 1500 copies (this #302), beautifully signed by Cleland. NEWMAN 220.
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A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature. Includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes, glossary, and an appendix of Fielding's revisions Introduction discusses narrative tecniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolution
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- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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- FIELDING, Henry
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- The Limited Editions Club
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- New York
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- 1952
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- Books; British Literature;
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