Скачать книгу (размер 4 645 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 912) Аннотация: «This is the «Penguin English Library Edition» of «Tom Jones» by Henry Fielding. «Sir, I am concerned at the Trouble I give you; nay indeed my Nakedness may well make me ashamed to look you in the Face...» Jones offered her his Coat; but, I know not for what Reason, she absolutely refused the most earnest Solicitations to accept it. A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr Allworthy…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 309 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 454) Аннотация: I beg as soon as you get Fielding's Joseph Andrews, I fear in Ridicule of your Pamela and of Virtue in the Notion of Don Quixote's Manner, you would send it to me by the very first Coach. (George Cheyne in a letter to Samuel Richardson, February 1742) Both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Shamela (1741) were prompted by the success of Richardson's Pamela (1740), of which Shamela is a splendidly bawdy…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels. It is certainly the funniest. Tom Jones, the hero of the book, is introduced to the reader as the ward of a liberal Somerset squire. Tom is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women. Misfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his…