Henry

Fielding

,,Tom Jones’’
 As far as his place of birth is concerned , he was
born near Glastonbury in Southern England, and
grew up on his parent’s farm in Dorset.
 His father was a colonel(and later a general)in the
army.
 His mother’s father was a justice of the Queen’s
Bench , while his paternal grandfather was an
archdeacon of Salisbury.
 These two men played a vital role in inlfuencing
Fielding to be interested in law, to have great love to
learning , and above all to have a firm sense of
Christian morality.
 He was a 18th century
English writer, he
was also English
author.
 His fiction , plays
,essays , and legal
pamphlets show he
was a human and
witty man, with a
passion for reform
and justice .
HIS MOST KNOWN WORKS ARE :

Joseph Andrews Tom Jones Amelia

 TOM JONES
 Comical and picaresque
novel
 Published on 28 February

1749 in London
 Contains 18 books

(The Picaresque novel is the

genre of prose fiction that
depicts the adventures of a
hero/heroine of low social
class who lives by his/her
wits in corrupt society.)
 THEMES :
 Good v/s Evil
 Vanity and human weakness
 Desire for money,power,position
 ,,[Tom Jones] is about truth and human nature in
inself…’’
 Law : Justice , Mercy and Judgment
 ,,Trials’’,formal and informal ,dominate much of
the action.
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