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The History of Tom Jones


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)
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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.

• A Trial is a mechanism for presenting both sides of a legal case, and for determining guilt or innocence.

• Tom Jones expresses his personal approach to "Doing Justice".

• False Imprisonment

•Forced Marriage

• Circumstantial evidence

• Tom Jones : "A thesis on Humanity"


Tom Jones as picaresque Novel.

What is Picaresque Novel?

The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue" or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction that depicts the adventures of a roguish, but "appealing hero", of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.[1] Picaresque novels typically adopt a realistic style, with elements of comedy and satire. This style of novel originated in Spainin 1554 and flourished throughout Europe for more than 200 years, though the term "picaresque novel" was only coined in 1810. It continues to influence modern literature. (Wikipedia)



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  1. Mir Hassan14 May 2023 at 05:44

    Excellent work for students of all English language and literature....

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