Knowra The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling A 1749 comic novel by Henry Fielding follows an abandoned foundling through youthful adventures, romantic missteps, and the discovery of his parentage.
Henry Fielding : An English novelist, dramatist, and magistrate whose fiction includes The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Fielding’s narrator, plot design, and comic vision shape the novel throughout.
Narrative structure : The organization of events, episodes, and revelations in a narrative. The novel’s three-part journey makes its eventual recognition feel both surprising and prepared.
Sophia Western : The independent and virtuous heroine of Fielding’s The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Her choices challenge the authority of her father and anchor the novel’s love story.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1963 film) : A British comedy film directed by Tony Richardson, adapted from Fielding’s novel. Its lively visual comedy translates Fielding’s narrator-driven novel into cinema.
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded : A 1740 epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson about a servant who resists her employer’s advances. Fielding’s comic treatment of sexual virtue responds in part to Richardson’s celebrated moral narrative.
Comic novel : A prose narrative that uses humor, misadventure, and comic resolution to portray human behavior. The novel’s broad humor and happy ending place it within the comic tradition.
Anagnorisis : A moment in drama or narrative when a character discovers a decisive truth about identity or circumstances. Tom’s parentage is disclosed through a recognition that resolves the novel’s central mystery.
Squire Allworthy : A wealthy country gentleman who raises Tom Jones and serves as a principal moral authority in Fielding’s novel. His generosity and errors of judgment shape Tom’s upbringing and eventual recognition.
Tom Jones (1969 television series) : A British television adaptation of Fielding’s novel, starring Max Baer Jr. as Tom Jones. The series shows how the episodic plot can be reshaped for television.
Joseph Andrews : A 1742 comic novel by Henry Fielding that follows a virtuous footman through a series of adventures. Fielding’s earlier novel develops comic techniques and characters that reappear in Tom Jones.
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