Tom Jones


Tom Jones

picaresque novel of a young man in 18th-century England. [Br. Lit.: Haydn & Fuller, 745]See: Adventurousness

Jones, Tom

revealed to be Squire Allworthy’s sister Bridget’s illegitimate son. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Tom Jones]See: Illegitimacy

Jones, Tom

eventually marries Sophia Western, his sweetheart from early childhood, after they have been kept apart by his adventurousness and unknown antecedents. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Tom Jones]See: Love, Victorious

Jones, Tom

manly but all too human young man; has numerous amorous adventures. [Br. Lit.: Tom Jones]See: Profligacy