{"product_id":"tom-jones-henry-fielding-9781853260216","title":"Tom Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels. It is certainly the funniest. Tom Jones, the hero of the book, is introduced to the reader as the ward of a liberal Somerset squire. Tom is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMisfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune, teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 'comic, epic poem in prose' will make the modern reader laugh as much as it did his forbears. Its biting satire finds an echo in today's society, for as Doris Lessing recently remarked 'This country becomes every day more like the eighteenth century, full of thieves and adventurers, rogues and a robust, unhypocritical savagery side-by-side with people lecturing others on morality'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Fielding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1853260215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e60668 \/ History of Tom Jones, a Foundling\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Henry Fielding","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988042383615,"sku":"9781853260216","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c906c8ff-a54a-4d7a-8d7a-1f5777d61329.jpg?v=1683292292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tom-jones-henry-fielding-9781853260216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}