Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.

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The 105th greatest fiction book of all time

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1. - 5th on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
2. - 9th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
3. - 15th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
4. - 22nd on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
5. - 28th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
6. - 77th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
7. - 89th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	The History of Tom Jones (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	183217	$8.82		2005
	HISTORY OF TOM JONES : ANNOTATED.	Kindle Edition	662371	$4.95		2021
	The history of Tom Jones, a foundling, (The Modern library of the world's best books)	Hardcover	7594082		$1.10
	Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	78399	$0.99		2014
	Tom Jones (Oberon Classics)	Kindle Edition	70151	$8.79		2011
	Tom Jones (Modern Library Classics)	Kindle Edition	588683	$7.69		2012
	Tom Jones	Mass Market Paperback	6679556	$146.60	$0.01	1963
	Tom Jones (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	223976	$15.38	$2.00	1994
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling illustrated edition	Kindle Edition	387383	$3.99		2021
	The History of Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	4127430			2018
	The History of Tom Jones	Hardcover	8343573	$39.89	$3.93
	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling: And, the Female Husband	Paperback	8785446		$17.61
	Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	332676	$3.03		2004
	Tom Jones, a film script	Paperback	986884	$20.00	$4.79	1964
	Tom Jones	Audible Audio Edition	92204	$2.95		2012
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Other Works by Henry Fielding (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)	Kindle Edition	480223	$1.99		2009
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling Annotated	Kindle Edition	428385	$2.99		2021
	The History Of Tom Jones, Volume 2...	Paperback	1257542	$21.99		2012
	Tom Jones: Part Three (The History of Tom Jones Book 3)	Kindle Edition	423201	$2.50		2013
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Audio CD	5436634	$42.23		2012
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	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling	Hardcover	1740993	$900.00	$0.45
	Tom Jones (BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Audio Theater Dramatization)	Audio CD	2020888	$18.87	$20.35	2017
	Tom Jones Part Two (The History of Tom Jones) (Volume 2)	Paperback	699196	$15.61	$15.55	2013
	Tom Jones	Audible Audio Edition	118837	$4.95		1997
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling: Annotated	Paperback	2272421	$25.00		2020
	The History of Tom Jones (Annotated)	Paperback	1899258	$23.50		2020
	The History of Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	184728	$1.99		2013
	Tom Jones (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	8448312		$0.77	1963
	The Works Of Henry Fielding: Tom Jones. 1893	Hardcover	947264	$26.95		2015
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, Vol. I & Vol. II (Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding)	Hardcover	4084794	$166.58	$10.64	1977
	The history of Tom Jones,: A foundling, (The Ten greatest novels of the world)	Hardcover	4902149		$0.49
	Tom Jones (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	9082461	$1.75	$0.01	1963
	Tom Jones (Modern Library)	Hardcover	2314208	$61.00	$0.18	1994
	The history of Tom Jones, a foundling,	Hardcover	5812705	$100.00	$1.55
	Tom Jones (Penguin English Library)	Kindle Edition	721922	$5.85		2012
	Henry Fielding: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Full-Cast Dramatisations of Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews, Jonathan Wild & The Female Husband	Audible Audiobook	173507	$24.81		2022
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling Annotated	Kindle Edition	1118865	$3.99		2022
	Tom Jones (Classici) (Italian Edition)	Kindle Edition	1583574	$5.99		2010
	Tom Jones	Paperback	10687918	$219.81	$0.01	1973
	Tom Jones (Reading & Training) (Book & CD)	Paperback	7456519	$9.95		2008
	The Works of Henry Fielding: Amelia, Don Quixote in England, Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, The History of Tom Jones, The Coffee-House Politician (10 Books With Active Table of Contents)	Kindle Edition	829133	$1.99		2013
	Tom Jones (Everyman's Library Classics Series)	Hardcover	461561	$17.70	$4.58	1991
	TOM JONES Easton Press	Hardcover	1762711	$35.00	$12.92
	Tom Jones	Mass Market Paperback	11003033		$0.01
	Tom Jones: v. 1 & 2	Hardcover	9264492		$10.00
	Tom Jones	Hardcover	8544949	$49.99	$0.94	1985
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	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: By Henry Fielding : Illustrated & Unabridged (Free Bonus Audiobook)	Kindle Edition	236410			2016
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	Tom Jones (Modern Library)	Hardcover	1757867	$41.82	$0.31	1998
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Illustrated	Kindle Edition	586694	$7.99		2021
	Tom Jones	Paperback	819705		$2.25	1950
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling Annotated	Kindle Edition	582079	$4.99		2022
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	Tom Jones (Xist Classics)	Kindle Edition	185749			2015
	Tom Jones	Mass Market Paperback	11896393		$2.95	1970
	The History of Tom Jones	Hardcover	7540077		$2.78
	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Kindle Edition	2006859			2018
	Tom Jones (Penguin Readers, Level 6)	Paperback	1914653	$10.17	$0.01	1999
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	Madame Bovary (Talking Classics)	Audio CD	6319379	$10.66		2016
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	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (The Modern Library, No. 185)	Hardcover	3546970	$856.24	$1.95	1950
	Tom Jones	Paperback	8348269	$16.95	$23.19	2018
	Penguin English Library Tom Jones (The Penguin English Library)	Paperback	1221120	$4.36	$2.69	2012
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	527095			2014
	Tom Jones	Paperback	13222132	$43.24	$18.87	1966
	THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING	Kindle Edition	434144			2020
	Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	1587076	$5.50	$0.01	1998
	The History of Tom Jones	Hardcover	10902613		$7.24
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	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: By Henry Fielding - Illustrated	Kindle Edition	338921			2016
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	Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	318548			2017
	History of Tom Jones a Foundling 2 Volumes	Hardcover	1155499		$12.99
	History of Tom Jones (Classic Fiction)	Audio CD	3309431	$23.53	$23.51
	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: By Henry Fielding - Illustrated	Paperback	816722	$15.59		2017
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	Tom Jones (Talking Classics)	Audio CD	4115871	$9.30	$9.36	2013
	Tom Jones (BBC Radio Dramatization)	Audio CD	4898081		$8.54	2001
	Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	132763			2015
	The History of Tom Jones (Literary Heritage Collection) (2 Volume Set)	Hardcover	1360565		$8.99	1968
	The History of Tom Jones: Complete and Unabridged (Modern Library Giant)	Hardcover	7147548		$1.99
	Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	90847	$4.96	$1.69	2008
	The History of Tom Jones: The 18th Century Literary Classic (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	940380	$2.99		2022
	Tom Jones: Deutsche Ausgabe: Teil 1 bis 6 - Klassiker der Weltliteratur (Die Geschichte eines Findelkindes) (German Edition)	Paperback	25302218	$15.53	$16.91	2017
	The Harvard Classics Shelf Of Fiction, Volume 2: The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling	Hardcover	4729751	$29.95	$28.75	2015
	Tom Jones: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; 18th Century Classic Comic Novel (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	620298	$2.99		2022
	the History of Tom Jones	Hardcover	14806487	$44.85	$4.99	1956
	The History of Tom Jones	Paperback	15997415		$4.99
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Hardcover	13111127		$3.80
	Tom Jones Collector s Library	Hardcover	1917454	$48.99	$5.10
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling	Hardcover	1400945	$30.00	$5.98
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Paperback	1071175	$18.08	$20.43	2019
	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling	Hardcover	855969		$0.01
	Tom Jones	Kindle Edition	519959	$7.49		2019
	History of Tom Jones	Hardcover	11239011		$7.85
	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: By Henry Fielding : Illustrated	Kindle Edition	135238	$0.99		2016
	Tom Jones (Wordsworth Classics)	Paperback	229504	$3.95	$1.18	1999
	Tom Jones	Paperback	1210648	$17.99	$17.99	2019
	Tom Jones: An Authoritative Text, Contemporary Reactions, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)	Hardcover	7845821		$4.50	1973
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding)	Paperback	2045617	$21.00	$0.01	1975
	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	2152442	$2.00	$0.01	2008
	Tom Jones (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	13401089	$57.95	$0.01	1963
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	601599	$3.99		2020
	Tom Jones	Hardcover	8298877		$74.77
	[Tom Jones] [By: Henry Fielding] [January, 1991]	Hardcover	6756321	$30.92	$41.86	1991
	Tom Jones (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	2270299	$2.90	$0.01	1963
	Tom Jones (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	1817920	$6.10	$1.53	2002
	TOM JONES.	Hardcover	1644193	$15.63	$3.34
	THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING	Kindle Edition	6546878	$3.99		2021
	THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	697562	$1.48		2022
	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling. by Henry Fielding, Esq; In Four Volumes.	Paperback	1683310	$27.24		2018
	Tom Jones	Audio CD	1048802	$8.96	$7.96
	Tom Jones (Penguin Popular Classics)	Paperback	3135025	$3.55	$0.01	1994
	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Kindle Edition	1454575	$2.99		2012
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Forgotten Books)	Paperback	11319940	$14.44	$178.95	2008
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	The History of Tom Jones	Paperback	2865099	$13.09	$20.19	2013
	The History of Tom Jones ( Limited Editions Club - Signed - Illustrated )	Hardcover	14944688		$31.01
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	Tom Jones, Volume 3	Audible Audio Edition	107348	$19.95		2007
	Tom Jones: Volume 2 (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	13252289		$7.05	1955
	Tom Jones: by Henry Fielding (Illustrated) + FREE Gulliver's Travels	Kindle Edition	216670			2015
	Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)	Kindle Edition	187782	$5.99		1998
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: The original 1749 Comic Novel (Annotated)	Paperback	1128971	$19.99		2023
	Tom Jones: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; 18th Century Classic Comic Novel (Annotated)	Paperback	1438067	$18.95		2022
	The History Of Tom Jones	Hardcover	15749752		$19.95
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Kindle Edition	368768	$2.99		2020
	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling. by Henry Fielding, Esq; in Four Volumes.	Hardcover	1214410	$30.95		2016
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: The 1749 Bawdy Coming of Age Literary Classic Novel (Annotated)	Paperback	1237357	$18.95		2022
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	86347	$9.36	$4.06	2005
	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Library Edition)	Audio CD	4643845	$100.80	$740.31	2010
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: A Classic Social Satire and an Influential novel in English Literature (Annotated)	Paperback	1414830	$19.95		2022
	Tom Jones: Part Four (The History of Tom Jones Book 4)	Kindle Edition	661228	$2.50		2013
	The History of Tom Jones: and The Female Husband (Vintage Classics)	Kindle Edition	1350850	$6.99		2011
	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: The original humorous romance classic of 1749 (ANNOTATED)	Paperback	1461601	$19.94		2022
	History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: Annotated	Kindle Edition	559587	$3.05		2023