Author: Henry Fielding
Title: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, [1857]. Leather. A later impression of this classic novel by Henry Fielding, classified among one of the earliest English novels. First published in 1749, Henry Fielding's influential work of fiction is both a picaresque novel and a bildungsroman, classified as one of the earliest English novels. An immediate best seller, Tom Jones was praised by authors such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and W. Somerset Maugham as one of the best novels ever written. The plot is often comical, following the protagonist as he explores "human nature"; it depicts Tom Jones's fundamentally good nature in contrast with his half-brother's hypocrisy. Dealing with virtue, villainy, and repentance among other themes. With a memoir of the author. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Dated from Copac, identified through its unique pagination. In a half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards and edges, marbled endpapers. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, some rubbing to the spine, boards, and extremities, minor fading to the spine. Light spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: tom jones henry fielding later printing henry fielding Not Stated
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Title: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, [1857]. Leather. A later impression of this classic novel by Henry Fielding, classified among one of the earliest English novels. First published in 1749, Henry Fielding's influential work of fiction is both a picaresque novel and a bildungsroman, classified as one of the earliest English novels. An immediate best seller, Tom Jones was praised by authors such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and W. Somerset Maugham as one of the best novels ever written. The plot is often comical, following the protagonist as he explores "human nature"; it depicts Tom Jones's fundamentally good nature in contrast with his half-brother's hypocrisy. Dealing with virtue, villainy, and repentance among other themes. With a memoir of the author. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Dated from Copac, identified through its unique pagination. In a half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards and edges, marbled endpapers. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, some rubbing to the spine, boards, and extremities, minor fading to the spine. Light spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: tom jones henry fielding later printing henry fielding Not Stated
Price: GBP 190.00 = appr. US$ 271.32 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 806A41
- Book number: 806A41
See more books from our catalog: English Literature Pre 1900