6/12/2023 0 Comments Tom Jones by Henry Fielding![]() ![]() Jenny Jones who was a servant of a schoolmaster Mr. Mrs Deborah is given the charge to inquire about the parent of the child. People suspected that the infant must belong to Mr. When Mr Allworthy comes back to Somersetshire he found an infant on her bed. ![]() He presently lives with his sister Miss Bridget Allworthy. His wife died before five years and he has not a single son alive. The novel opens with the scene where Squire Allworthy, one of the affluent persons of his area comes back to his house from London. This novel Tom Jones contains 18 chapters. G.K Chesterton humorously mentioned that” If Chaucer is the father of English poetry, he is the grandfather of English Novel”. He also stated that “high notions of the dignity of art which he may be considered as having founded”. Sir Walter Scott coined a phrase on Fielding “the Father of English Novel”. His famous works like Joseph Andrews (1740), Miscellanies (1743), Amelia (1751) provide his excellence. ![]() His most famous work is Tom Jones (1749). He is one of the leading novelists of his age. One of the distinguished novelist and dramatist of the 18 th century was Henry Fielding. Reviewed By: Santanu Panda (a student of MA in English literature, from West Bengal) Publication Year: 2000 (the read version) ![]()
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