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The history of Tom Jones, a foundling
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Life and Works of Henry Fielding
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BOOK I CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY
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BOOK II CONTAINING SCENES OF MATRIMONIAL FELICITY IN DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIFE; AND VARIOUS OTHER TRANSACTIONS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN CAPTAIN BLIFIL AND MISS BRIDGET ALLWORTHY
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BOOK III CONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF MR. ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN. IN THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
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BOOK IV CONTAINING THE TIME OF A YEAR
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BOOK V CONTAINING A PORTION OF TIME SOMEWHAT LONGER THAN HALF A YEAR
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BOOK VI CONTAINING ABOUT THREE WEEKS
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CHAPTER I. Of love
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CHAPTER II. The character of Mrs. Western. Her great learning and knowledge of the world, and an instance of the deep penetration which she derived from those advantages
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CHAPTER III. Containing two defiances to the critics
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CHAPTER IV. Containing sundry curious matters
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CHAPTER V. In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt
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CHAPTER VI. Containing a dialogue between Sophia and Mrs. Honour, which may a little relieve those tender affections which the foregoing scene may have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader
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CHAPTER VII. A picture of formal courtship in miniature, as it always ought to be drawn, and a scene of a tenderer kind painted at full length
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CHAPTER VIII. The meeting between Jones and Sophia
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CHAPTER IX. Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former
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CHAPTER X. In which Mr. Western visits Mr. Allworthy
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CHAPTER XI. A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader
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CHAPTER XII. Containing love-letters, etc.
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CHAPTER XIII. The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; which none of her sex will blame, who are capable of behaving in the same manner. And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience
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CHAPTER XIV. A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister
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BOOK VII CONTAINING THREE DAYS
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BOOK VIII CONTAINING ABOUT TWO DAYS
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BOOK IX CONTAINING TWELVE HOURS
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BOOK X IN WHICH THE HISTORY GOES FORWARD ABOUT TWELVE HOURS
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BOOK XI CONTAINING ABOUT THREE DAYS
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BOOK XII CONTAINING THE SAME INDIVIDUAL TIME WITH THE FORMER
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BOOK XIII CONTAINING THE SPACE OF TWELVE DAYS
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BOOK XIV CONTAINING TWO DAYS
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BOOK XV IN WHICH THE HISTORY ADVANCES ABOUT TWO DAYS
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BOOK XVI CONTAINING THE SPACE OF FIVE DAYS
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BOOK XVII CONTAINING THREE DAYS
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BOOK XVIII CONTAINING ABOUT SIX DAYS
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The history of Tom Jones, a foundling
The History of TOM JONES
A foundling
By
Henry Fielding
New York
A. L. Burt Company
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling