The history of Tom Jones Introduction Tom Jones is one of the earliest English novels, and was hugely popular when it was first published in 1749. It tells the story of the Foundling Tom and his journey towards adulthood and marriage. As might be expected this journey is a complicated one. The novel is highly organised, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. Tom Jones is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book and as an influential English novel.(Wikipedia) For Over all idea must see this video Major Themes of the Novel • Good v/s Evil • Vanity and Human Weakness • Desire for money, power and Position •Tom Jones is about truth and human nature in itself. •law: justice, mercy and judgement •Trials, formal and informal dominate much of the action in Tom Jones....