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A review by tomleetang
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
4.0
Orphan bastard grows into a strapping young man who can't refrain from sheathing his pork sword in a bevy of comely lasses. While bedding these eager fillies, he simultaneously tries to unite in marriage with his chaste true love. Many ribald adventures ensue.
It's easy to see the many influences that Tom Jones had on the Victorian writers - I would say most notably Charles Dickens - though he is more forward than the relatively prudish authors of the Victorian era, as his narrative includes much promiscuity and lasciviousness. Weaved in between his deft mocking of 18th-century society is a commentary on literary criticism that makes for interesting reading.
It's easy to see the many influences that Tom Jones had on the Victorian writers - I would say most notably Charles Dickens - though he is more forward than the relatively prudish authors of the Victorian era, as his narrative includes much promiscuity and lasciviousness. Weaved in between his deft mocking of 18th-century society is a commentary on literary criticism that makes for interesting reading.