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" Poor Tom! He just can't seem to stay away from romantic involvements! Henry
Fielding's classic novel “Tom Jones, the History of a Foundling” is as hilarious today as it
was when it was written three centuries ago! It is the story of a babe (Tom) left abandoned
at Squire Westin's manor. The Squire takes the child and rears him as his own, yet there
is no secret that he is a foundling. Tom grows up, perhaps the most randy, rollicking,
and riotious young man in literature! The ladies can't seem to keep their hands off hm!
For perhaps the first time in English literature, a prose account of these bawdy escapades
made its way on to the literary scene. The book is full of melodramatic hilarity and
Dickensian coincidences, and by the end of this novel, “all's well that ends well”!
“"
Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 18th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Loss of...
- parents
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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