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082			_a823.5 _bFIE/T
100			_aFielding, Henry
245	1	0	_aTom jones
260			_aNew Delhi _bUBSPD _c2004
300			_axxvi, 838p.
500			_aComplete and unabridged with introduction and notes
520			_aLike most of Henry Fielding’s writing, the novel is both comedic and satirical. What particularly distinguishes Tom Jones is its adaptation of the conventions of the picaresque, a genre whose early modern origins are usually traced back to Spanish works such as Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), in which a series of interconnected episodes and a parade of different social types reveal the foibles and hypocrisies of society. Fielding was admired for his intricate plots and his knowing, satiric narrators, but in Tom Jones he also scandalised some readers with the moral elasticity of his memorable main character.
650			_aEnglish Fiction
650	0		_aEnglish Literature
650	0		_aYoung men
650	0		_aEngland
650	0		_aIdentity (Psychology)
650	0		_aManners and customs
650	0		_aFoundlings
650	0		_aJones, Tom (Fictitious character)
650	0		_aIllegitimacy
942			_cBK
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