Henry Fielding

Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country, and comprising some of the greatest comic characters in British literature....

A foundling of mysterious parentage, Tom Jones is brought up by the benevolent and wealthy Squire Allworthy as his own son....

The 18th Century Classics Collection steps into the vibrant and tumultuous world of 18th century Europe. With this captivating anthology of some of the most influential works of 1700s literature, we encounter biting satire, passionate romance, and political tumultuousness.

The ‘Voice of the Year’ competition introduced and sponsored by Naxos AudioBooks and The Times books pages....

Shamela is a bawdy, spirited and hilarious response to Samuel Richardson's hugely popular 1740 novel, Pamela....

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Henry Fielding's rollicking comic masterpiece....

Penguin Classics presents Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones....

Penguin Classics presents Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews....

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding is a comedic novel that follows the life and adventures of its foundling protagonist, Tom Jones, as he navigates through love...

The real Jonathan Wild, born about 1682 and executed at Tyburn in 1725, was one of the most notorious criminals of his age....

Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels....

Volume 2 continues our story by picking up with the flight of Sophia from her father, Squire Western, and continues the journey of Tom....

Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th-century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country....

Henry Fielding è considerato uno dei padri fondatori del romanzo realista inglese. Tale scopo sarà pienamente raggiunto da Fielding nel suo capolavoro, Tom Jones (1749), uno dei più grandi romanzi della letteratura inglese....

Tom Jones is greatly admired not only for the meticulous craft with which it was written, but also for its humor....

This is Stephen Wyatt's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic comic adventure....

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding....

A joyfully picaresque novel, Tom Jones is satirical and farcical in large doses, as well as confronting serious issues such as the importance of religion in 18th-century society....

Tom Jones is widely regarded as Fielding's greatest novel, a wonderful, picaresque adventure that takes Tom, a foundling, on a hilarious and by turns scandalous journey....

I have heard of a dramatic writer who used to say, he would rather write a play than a prologue; in like manner, I think, I can with less pains...