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title	:	Tom Jones : Notes New Ed.
author	:	Evans, James C.
publisher	:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US)
isbn10 | asin	:
print isbn13	:	9780822012931
ebook isbn13	:	9780822072102
language	:	English
subject	Fielding, Henry,--1707-1754.--History of Tom Jones.
publication date	:	1972
lcc	:
ddc	:	823
subject	:	Fielding, Henry,--1707-1754.--History of Tom Jones.

Page 1 Tom Jones Notes by James C. Evans, Ph.D. Department of English University of British Columbia including Life and Background List of Characters Summaries and Commentaries Character Analyses General Commentary Review Questions Bibliography INCORPORATED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68501

Page 2 Editor Gary Carey, M.A. University of Colorado Consulting Editor James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska ISBN 0-8220-1293-6 Copyright 1972 by Cliffs Notes, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A. 1999 Printing The Cliffs Notes logo, the names "Cliffs" and "Cliffs Notes," and the black and yellow diagonal-stripe cover design are all registered trademarks belonging to Cliffs Notes, Inc., and may not be used in whole or in part without written permission. Cliffs Notes, Inc. Lincoln, Nebraska

Page 3 Contents Life and Background 5 List of Characters 10 Summaries and Critical Commentaries 14 Character Analyses Tom Jones 78 Mr. Blifil 80 Squire Allworthy 80 Squire Western 81 Mrs. Western 82 Sophia Western 83 Mr. Partridge 84 Twackum and Square 84 Critical Essays Structure and Theme 85 Narrative Style 89 Characterization 94 Fielding and the Beatles 96 Review Questions 99 Selected Bibliography 101

Page 5 Life and Background Tom Jones, a book of much vitality, hilarity, and charm, reflects both the comic vision of life and the intense social concern of its author. Henry Fielding was born on April 22, 1707, at Sharpham Park in Somersetshire to well-situated, upper-class parents. His mother was the granddaughter of Sir Henry Gold, Baron of the Exchequer, and his father, Edmund, fought against the forces of Louis XIV under the Duke of Marlborough, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant-general. Fielding was educated first at home (much like Tom Jones) under the tutelage of a clergyman, then at Eton, and finally at the University of Leyden, which he attended from the spring of 1728 to the fall of 1729. Fielding, however, began his literary career even before he entered Leyden. And he began not as a novelist, but as a playwright: his first play, Love in Several Masques, was written and performed in the early months of 1728. During the next ten years, Fielding wrote eight long plays and more than fifteen short plays, which he called farces. Arthur Murphy, who wrote the first biography of Fielding in 1762, has summarized this achievement most tactfully:

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