The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

A vivid panorama of eighteenth-century life, Tom Jones by Henry Fielding is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature. 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. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins.