Henry Fielding - Tom Jones

The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, Vols. I & II.

Contents

General Introduction to the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, by Charles W. Eliot, LL.D.The Novel in EnglandBiographical NoteCriticisms and InterpretationsI.By William Makepeace ThackerayII.By Leslie StephenIII.By Austin DobsonIV.By Gordon Hall GerouldList of CharactersDedicationBook I—Containing as Much of the Birth of the Foundling as Is Necessary or Proper to Acquaint theReader with in the Beginning of This HistoryI.Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the FeastII.A Short Description of Squire AllworthyIII.An Odd Accident Which Befel Mr. Allworthy at His Return HomeIV.The Reader’s Neck Brought Into Danger by a DescriptionV.Containing a Few Common Matters, with a Very Uncommon Observation Upon ThemVI.Mrs. Deborah is Introduced Into the ParishVII.Containing Such Grave Matter, That the Reader Cannot Laugh Once Through the Whole ChapterVIII.A Dialogue Between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah

IX.Containing Matters Which Will Surprize the ReaderX.The Hospitality of AllworthyXI.Containing Many Rules, and Some Examples, Concerning Falling in LoveXII.What the Reader May, Perhaps, Expect to Find in ItXIII.Which Concludes the First Book Book II—Containing Scenes of Matrimonial Felicity in Different Degrees of LifeI.Showing What Kind of a History This IsII.Religious Cautions Against Showing Too Much Favour to BastardsIII.The Description of a Domestic GovernmentIV.Containing One of the Most Bloody Battles, or Rather Duels, That Were Ever Recorded in DomesticHistoryV.Containing Much Matter to Exercise the Judgment and Reflection of the ReaderVI.The Trial of Partridge, the SchoolmasterVII.A Short Sketch of That Felicity Which Prudent Couples May Extract from HatredVIII.A Receipt to Regain the Lost Affections of a WifeIX.A Proof of the Infallibility of the Foregoing ReceiptBook III—Containing the Most Memorable Transactions Which Passed in the Family of Mr. Allworthy,from the Time When Tommy Jones Arrived at the Age of Fourteen, Till He Attained the Age of Nineteen. In This Book the Reader May Pick up Some Hints Concerning the Education of ChildrenI.Containing Little or NothingII.The Heroe of This Great History Appears with Very Bad OmensIII.The Character of Mr. Square the Philosopher, and of Mr. Thwackum the DivineIV.Containing a Necessary Apology for the AuthorV.The Opinions of the Divine and the Philosopher Concerning the Two BoysVI.Containing a Better Reason Still for the Beforementioned OpinionsVII.In Which the Author Himself Makes His Appearance on the StageVIII.A Childish Incident, in Which, However, Is Seen a Good-Natured Disposition in Tom JonesIX.Containing an Incident of a More Heinous KindX.Master Blifil and Jones Appear in Different LightsBook IV—Containing the Time of a YearI.Containing Five Pages of PaperII.A Short Hint of What We Can Do in the Sublime, and a Description of Miss Sophia WesternIII.Wherein the History Goes Back to Commemorate a Trifling Incident That Happened Some YearsSinceIV.Containing Such Very Deep and Grave Matters, That Some Readers, Perhaps, May Not Relish ItV.Containing Matter Accommodated to Every TasteVI.An Apology for the Insensibility of Mr. JonesVII.Being the Shortest Chapter in This Book

VIII.A Battle Sung by the Muse in the Homerican StyleIX.Containing Matter of No Very Peaceable ColourX.A Story Told by Mr. Supple, the CurateXI.The Narrow Escape of Molly SeagrimXII.Containing Much Clearer MattersXIII.A Dreadful Accident Which Befel SophiaXIV.The Arrival of a SurgeonBook V—Containing a Portion of Time Somewhat Longer Than Half a YearI.Of the Serious in Writing, and for What Purpose It Is IntroducedII.In Which Mr. Jones Receives Many Friendly VisitsIII.Which All Who Have No Heart Will Think to Contain Much Ado about NothingIV.A Little Chapter, in Which is Contained a Little IncidentV.A Very Long Chapter, Containing a Very Great IncidentVI.By Comparing Which with the Former, the Reader May Possibly Correct Some Abuse Which HeHath Formerly Been Guilty of in the Application of the Word LoveVII.In Which Mr. Allworthy Appears on a Sick-BedVIII.Containing Matter Rather Natural Than PleasingIX.Which, Among Other Things, May Serve as a Comment on That Saying of æschines, That“Drunkenness Shows the Mind of a Man, as a Mirrour Reflects His Person”X.Showing the Truth of Many Observations of Ovid, and of Other More Grave WritersXI.In Which a Simile in Mr. Pope’s Period of a Mile Introduces as Bloody a Battle as Can Possibly BeFought Without the Assistance of Steel or Cold IronXII.In Which Is Seen a More Moving Spectacle Than All the Blood in the Bodies of Thwackum andBlifil, and of Twenty Other Such, Is Capable of ProducingBook VI—Containing about Three WeeksI.Of LoveII.The Character of Mrs. WesternIII.Containing Two Defiances to the CriticsIV.Containing Sundry Curious MattersV.In Which is Related What Passed Between Sophia and Her AuntVI.Containing a Dialogue Between Sophia and Mrs. HonourVII.A Picture of Formal Courtship in MiniatureVIII.The Meeting Between Jones and SophiaIX.Being of a Much More Tempestuous Kind Than the FormerX.In Which Mr. Western Visits Mr. AllworthyXI.A Short Chapter; but Which Contains Sufficient Matter to Affect the Good-Natured ReaderXII.Containing Love-Letters, &c.XIII.The Behaviour of Sophia on the Present OccasionXIV.A Short Chapter, Containing a Short Dialogue Between Squire Western and His Sister

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