Author: Henry Fielding
Title: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co. 1904. Cloth. A later reprint of Fielding's popular novel complete in two volumes, with delightful gilt spines. Hailed as being one of the first English books to be described as a novel 'The History of Tom Jones' was first published in 1749. It is a vast work, spanning eighteen books, and stylistically a Bildungsroman, depicting the central character's mental and moral coming-of-age. The novel presents many aspects of life at the time, set during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and the style of the narration is most personable. Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English writer and dramatist, remembered for founding the first intermittently funded and full-time police force; his writing was generally satirical and comedic by nature. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), a British caricaturist and illustrator, most renowned for his work for Charles Dickens and on 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman&apos.Complete in two volumes.With wonderful gilt spines. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little wear to the head and tail of the spine and boards. Internally, binding is a little tender. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Very Good .
Keywords: Henry Fielding Tom Jones English Literature Tom Jones George Cruikshank
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Title: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co. 1904. Cloth. A later reprint of Fielding's popular novel complete in two volumes, with delightful gilt spines. Hailed as being one of the first English books to be described as a novel 'The History of Tom Jones' was first published in 1749. It is a vast work, spanning eighteen books, and stylistically a Bildungsroman, depicting the central character's mental and moral coming-of-age. The novel presents many aspects of life at the time, set during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and the style of the narration is most personable. Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English writer and dramatist, remembered for founding the first intermittently funded and full-time police force; his writing was generally satirical and comedic by nature. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), a British caricaturist and illustrator, most renowned for his work for Charles Dickens and on 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman&apos.Complete in two volumes.With wonderful gilt spines. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little wear to the head and tail of the spine and boards. Internally, binding is a little tender. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Very Good .
Keywords: Henry Fielding Tom Jones English Literature Tom Jones George Cruikshank
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 780R3
- Book number: 780R3
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