The history of Tom Jones,a foundling

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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

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The history of Tom Jones,a foundling

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9781853260216

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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

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Tom Jones

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Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 1992 (1993[printing])

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xxv, 413 p. ; 18 cm.

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Wordsworth classics

Wordsworth classics.

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"Complete and unabridged.".

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The protagonist, Tom Jones, is introduced to the reader as a ward of a liberal Somerset squire, appearing a generous but slightly wild and reckless boy. Misfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune, teach Tom wisdom to go with his good-heartedness.

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Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.

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 fortune, teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness.

This 'comic, epic poem in prose' will make the modern reader laugh as much as it did his forbears. Its biting satire finds an echo in today's society, for as Doris Lessing recently remarked 'This country becomes every day more like the eighteenth century, full of thieves and adventurers, rogues and a robust, unhypocritical savagery side-by-side with people lecturing others on morality'.

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Henry Fielding, 1707 - 1754 A succcessful playwright in his twenties, Henry Fielding turned to the study of law and then to journalism, fiction, and a judgeship after his Historical Register, a political satire on the Walpole government, contributed to the censorship of plays that put him out of business. As an impoverished member of the upper classes, he knew the country squires and the town nobility; as a successful young playwright, the London jet set; as a judge at the center of London, the city's thieves, swindlers, petty officials, shopkeepers, and vagabonds. As a political journalist (editor-author of The Champion, 1739-1741; The True Patriot, 1745-1746; The Jacobite's Journal, 1747-1748; The Covent-Garden Journal, 1752), he participated in argument and intrigue over everything from London elections to national policy. He knowledgeably attacked and defended a range of politicians, from ward heelers to the Prince of Wales.

When Fielding undertook writing prose fiction to ridicule the simple morality of Pamela by Samuel Richardson, he first wrote the hilarious burlesque Shamela (1741). However, he soon found himself considering all the forces working on humans, and in Joseph Andrews (1742) (centering on his invented brother of Pamela), he played with the patterns of Homer, the Bible, and Cervantes to create what he called "a comic epic poem in prose." His preface describing this new art form is one of the major documents in literary criticism of the novel. Jonathan Wild, a fictional rogue biography of a year later, plays heavily with ironic techniques that leave unsettled Fielding's great and recurring theme: the difficulty of uniting goodness, or an outflowing love of others, with prudence in a world where corrupted institutions support divisive pride rather than harmony and self-fulfillment.

In his masterpiece Tom Jones (1749), Fielding not only faces this issue persuasively but also shows for the first time the possibility of bringing a whole world into an artistic unity, as his model Homer had done in verse. Fielding develops a coherent and centered sequence of events-something Congreve had done casually on a small scale in Incognita 60 years before. In addition he also relates the plot organically to character and theme, by which he gives us a vision of the archetypal good person (Tom) on a journey toward understanding. Every act by every character in the book reflects the special and typical psychology of that character and the proper moral response.

In Tom Jones, Fielding affirms the existence of an order under the surface of chaos. In his last novel, Amelia (1751), which realistically examines the misery of London, he can find nothing reliable except the prudent good heart, and that only if its possessor escapes into the country. Fielding based the title character on his second wife, with whom he was deeply in love. However, ill himself, still saddened by the deaths of his intensely loved first wife and daughter, and depressed by a London magistrate's endless toil against corruption, Fielding saw little hope for goodness in that novel or in his informal Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (1755).

Shortly after traveling to Lisbon for his health, Fielding died at the age of 47, having proved to his contemporaries and successors that the lowly novel was capable of the richest achievements of art.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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CHAPTER I The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feast. An Author ought to consider himself, not as a Gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary Treat, but rather as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at which all Persons are welcome for their Money. In the former Case, it is well known, that the Entertainer provides what Fare he pleases; and tho' this should be very indifferent, and utterly disagreeable to the Taste of his Company, they must not find any Fault; nay, on the contrary, Good-Breeding forces them outwardly to approve and to commend whatever is set before them. Now the contrary of this happens to the Master of an Ordinary. Men who pay for what they eat, will insist on gratifying their Palates, however nice and whimsical these may prove; and if every Thing is not agreeable to their Taste, will challenge a Right to censure, to abuse, and to d--n their Dinner without Controul. To prevent therefore giving Offence to their Customers by any such Disappointment, it hath been usual, with the honest and well-meaning Host, to provide a Bill of Fare, which all Persons may peruse at their first Entrance into the House; and, having thence acquainted themselves with the Entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other Ordinary better accommodated to their Taste. As we do not disdain to borrow Wit or Wisdom from any Man who is capable of lending us either, we have condescended to take a Hint from these honest Victuallers, and shall prefix not only a general Bill of Fare to our whole Entertainment, but shall likewise give the Reader particular Bills to every Course which is to be served up in this and the ensuing Volumes. The Provision then which we have here made is no other than HUMAN NATURE. Nor do I fear that my sensible Reader, though most luxurious in his Taste, will start, cavil, or be offended, because I have named but one Article. The Tortoise, as the Alderman of Bristol,1 well learned in eating, knows by much Experience, besides the delicious Calibash and Calipee, contains many different Kinds of Food;2 nor can the learned Reader be ignorant, that in Human Nature, tho' here collected under one general Name, is such prodigious Variety, that a Cook will have sooner gone through all the several Species of animal and vegetable Food in the World, than an Author will be able to exhaust so extensive a Subject. An Objection may perhaps be apprehended from the more delicate, that this Dish is too common and vulgar; for what else is the Subject of all the Romances, Novels, Plays and Poems, with which the Stalls abound. Many exquisite Viands might be rejected by the Epicure, if it was a sufficient Cause for his contemning of them as common and vulgar, that something was to be found in the most paultry Alleys under the same Name. In reality, true Nature is as difficult to be met with in Authors, as the Bayonne Ham or Bologna Sausage is to be found in the Shops. But the whole, to continue the same Metaphor, consists in the Cookery of the Author; for, as Mr. Pope tells us, True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest, What oft' was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. The same Animal which hath the Honour to have some Part of his Flesh eaten at the Table of a Duke, may perhaps be degraded in another Part, and some of his Limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest Stall in Town. Where then lies the Difference between the Food of the Nobleman and the Porter, if both are at Dinner on the same Ox or Calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth. Hence the one provokes and incites the most languid Appetite, and the other turns and palls that which is the sharpest and keenest. In like manner, the Excellence of the mental Entertainment consists less in the Subject, than in the Author's Skill in well dressing it up. How pleased therefore will the Reader be to find, that we have, in the following Work, adhered closely to one of the highest Principles of the best Cook4 which the present Age, or perhaps that of Heliogabalus, hath produced. This great Man, as is well known to all Lovers of polite eating, begins at first by setting plain Things before his hungry Guests, rising afterwards by Degrees, as their Stomachs may be supposed to decrease, to the very Quintessence of Sauce and Spices. In like manner, we shall represent Human Nature at first to the keen Appetite of our Reader, in that more plain and simple Manner in which it is found in the Country, and shall hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian Seasoning of Affectation and Vice which Courts and Cities afford. By these Means, we doubt not but our Reader may be rendered desirous to read on for ever, as the great Person, just above-mentioned, is supposed to have made some Persons eat. Having premised thus much, we will now detain those, who like our Bill of Fare, no longer from their Diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first Course of our History, for their Entertainment. Excerpted from Tom Jones by Henry Fielding All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

Oxford World's Classics	p. ii
Acknowdledgements	p. v
Note On The Text	p. xxxv
Select Bibliography	p. xxxvi
A Chronology Of Henry Fielding	p. xl
Part I p. 27
Chapter I The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feast	p. 29
Chapter II A Short Description of Squire Allworthy, and a Fuller Account of Miss Bridget Allworthy, His Sister	p. 31
Chapter III An odd accident which befell Mr Allworthy at his return home. The decent	p. 33
Chapter IV The reader's neck brought into danger by a description, his escape, and the great condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy	p. 36
Chapter V Containing a few common matters, with a very uncommon observation upon them	p. 39
Chapter VI Mrs. Deborah is introduced into the parish with a simile. A short account of Jenny Jones, with the difficulties and discouragements which may attend young women in the pursuit of learning	p. 40
Chapter VII Containing such grave matter that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author	p. 44
Chapter VIII A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah, containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former	p. 48
Chapter IX Containing Matters Which Will Surprise the Reader	p. 51
Chapter X The Hospitality of Allworthy; with a Short Sketch of the Characters of Two Brothers, a Doctor and a Captain, Who Were Entertained by That Gentleman	p. 53
Chapter XI Containing many rules, and some examples, concerning falling in love; descriptions of beauty, and other more prudential inducements to matrimony	p. 56
Chapter XII Containing what the reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it	p. 60
Chapter XIII Which concludes the first book, with an instance of ingratitude, which we hope will appear unnatural	p. 63
Chapter I Showing What Kind of a History This Is; What It is Like, and What It is Not Like	p. 67
Chapter II Religious Cautions Against Showing Too Much Favour to Bastards; and a Great Discovery Made by Mrs Deborah Wilkins	p. 69
Chapter III The description of a domestic government founded upon rules directly contrary to those of Aristotle	p. 71
Chapter IV Containing One of the Most Bloody Battles, or Rather Duels, That Were Ever Recorded in Domestic History	p. 75
Chapter V Containing Much Matter to Exercise the Judgment and Reflection of the Reader	p. 79
Chapter VI The trial of Partridge, the schoolmaster, for incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection	p. 84
Chapter VII A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred; with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends	p. 90
Chapter VIII A Receipt* to Regain the Lost Affections of a Wife, Which Hath Never Been Known, to Fail in the Most Desperate Cases	p. 94
Chapter IX A Proof of the Infallibility of the Foregoing Receipt, in the Lamentations of the Widow; with Other Suitable Decorations of Death, Such as Physicians, &c., and an Epitaph in the True Style	p. 95
Chapter I Containing little or nothing	p. 101
Chapter II The Hero of This Great History Appears with Very Bad Omens. a Little Tale of So Low a Kind That Some May Think It Not Worth Their Notice. a Word or Two Concerning a Squire, and More Relating to a Gamekeeper and a Schoolmaster	p. 103
Chapter III The Character of Mr Square the Philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the Divine; with a Dispute Concerning -----	p. 108
Chapter IV Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise	p. 110
Chapter V The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters	p. 113
Chapter VI Containing a Better Reason Still for the Before-Mentioned Opinions	p. 118
Chapter VII In Which the Author Himself Makes His Appearance on the Stage	p. 121
Chapter VIII A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones	p. 123
Chapter IX Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square	p. 125
Chapter X In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights	p. 127
Chapter I Containing Five Pages of Paper	p. 131
Chapter II A Short Hint of What We Can Do in the Sublime, and a Description of Miss Sophia Western	p. 134
Chapter III Wherein the History Goes Back to Commemorate a Trifling Incident That Happened Some Years Since; but Which, Trifling as It Was, Had Some Future Consequences	p. 137
Chapter IV Containing Such Very Deep and Grave Matters That Some Readers, Perhaps, May Not Relish It	p. 139
Chapter V Containing matter accommodated to every taste	p. 142
Chapter VI An Apology for the Insensibility of Mr Jones to All the Charms of the Lovely Sophia; in Which Possibly We May, in a Considerable Degree, Lower His Character in the Estimation of Those Men of Wit and Gallantry Who Approve the Heroes in Most of Our Modern Comedies	p. 148
Chapter VII Being the Shortest Chapter in This Book	p. 152
Chapter VIII A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste	p. 153
Chapter IX Containing matter of no very peaceable colour	p. 158
Chapter X A story told by Mr. Supple, the curate	p. 161
Chapter XI The narrow escape of Molly Seagrim, with some observations for which we have been forced to dive pretty deep into nature	p. 165
Chapter XII Containing much clearer matters; but which flowed from the same fountain with those in the preceding chapter	p. 169
Chapter XIII A dreadful accident which befell Sophia. The gallant behaviour of Jones, and the more dreadful consequence of that behaviour to the young lady; with a short digression in favour of the female sex	p. 172
Chapter XIV The arrival of a surgeon. His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid	p. 175
Chapter I Of the Serious in Writing, and for What Purpose It is Introduced	p. 181
Chapter II In Which Mr Jones Receives Many Friendly Visits During His Confinement; with Some Fine Touches of the Passion of Love, Scarce Visible to the Naked Eye	p. 185
Chapter II Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing	p. 189
Chapter IV A Little Chapter, in Which is Contained a Little Incident	p. 192
Chapter V A Very Long Chapter, Containing a Very Great Incident	p. 195
Chapter VI By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of, in the application of the word LOVE	p. 202
Chapter VII In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed	p. 207
Chapter VIII Containing matter rather natural than pleasing	p. 212
Chapter IX Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines	p. 217
Chapter X Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved, beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency	p. 221
Chapter XI In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile	p. 225
Chapter XII In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies	p. 228
Chapter I Of Love	p. 233
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	p. 236
Chapter III Containing two defiances to the critics	p. 241
Chapter IV Containing sundry curious matters	p. 245
Chapter V In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt	p. 247
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	p. 252
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	p. 254
Chapter VIII The meeting between Jones and Sophia	p. 258
Chapter IX Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former	p. 260
Chapter X In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy	p. 265
Chapter XI A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader	p. 269
Chapter XII Containing love-letters, &c	p. 271
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	p. 275
Chapter XIV A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister	p. 279
Part II p. 281
Chapter I A Comparison Between the World and the Stage	p. 283
Chapter II Containing a Conversation Which Mr Jones W with Himself	p. 286
Chapter II Containing several dialoguesf	p. 288
Chapter IV A picture of a country gentlewoman taken from the life	p. 293
Chapter V The Generous Behaviour of Sophia Towards Her Aunt	p. 296
Chapter VI Containing Great Variety of Matter	p. 298
Chapter VII A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honou	p. 303
Chapter VIII Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind	p. 308
Chapter IX The wise demeanour of Mr Western in the character of a magistrate	p. 311
Chapter X Containing several matters, natural enough perhaps, but LOW	p. 315
Chapter XI The adventure of a company of soldiers	p. 320
Chapter XII The adventure of a company of officers	p. 324
Chapter XIII Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant	p. 330
Chapter XIV A most dreadful chapter indeed; and which few readers ought to venture upon in an evening, especially when alone	p. 336
Chapter XV The conclusion of the foregoing adventure	p. 342
Chapter I A wonderful long chapter concerning the marvellous	p. 346
Chapter II In Which the Landlady Pays a Visit to Mr Jones	p. 353
Chapter III In Which the Surgeon Makes His Second Appearance	p. 356
Chapter IV In which is introduced one of the pleasantest barbers that was ever recorded in history, the barber of Bagdad, or he in Don Quixote	p. 358
Chapter V A dialogue between Mr Jones and the barber	p. 362
Chapter VI In which more of the talents of Mr Benjamin will appear, as well as who this extraordinary was	p. 366
Chapter VII Containing better reasons than any which have yet appeared for the conduct of Partridge; an apology for the weakness of Jones; and some farther anecdotes concerning my landlady	p. 369
Chapter VIII Jones arrives at Gloucester, and goes to the bell; the character of that house, and of a pettifogger which he there meets with	p. 373
Chapter IX Containing Several Dialogues Between Jones and Partridge, Concerning Love, Cold, Hunger, and Other Matters; with the Lucky and Narrow Escape of Partridge, as He Was on the Very Brink of Making a Fatal Discovery to His Friend	p. 378
Chapter X In Which Our Travellers Meet with a Very Extraordinary Adventure	p. 383
Chapter XI In which the Man of the Hill begins to relate his history	p. 390
Chapter XII In which the Man of the Hill continues his history	p. 399
Chapter XIII In which the foregoing story is farther continued	p. 404
Chapter XIV In Which the Man of the Hill Concludes His History	p. 411
Chapter XV A Brief History of Europe. and a Curious Discourse Between Mr Jones and the Man of the Hill	p. 417
Chapter I Of Those Who Lawfully May, and of Those Who May Not, Write Such Histories as This	p. 422
Chapter II Containing a Very Surprising Adventure Indeed, Which Mr Jones Met with in His Walk with the Man of the Hill	p. 427
Chapter III The Arrival of Mr Jones, with His Lady at the Inn; with a Very Full Description of the Battle of Upton	p. 431
Chapter IV In Which the Arrival of a Man of War Puts a Final End to Hostilities, and Causes the Conclusion of a Firm and Lasting Peace Between All Parties	p. 436
Chapter V An Apology for All Heroes Who Have Good Stomachs, with a Description of a Battle of the Amorous Kind	p. 440
Chapter VI A Friendly Conversation in the Kitchen, Which Had a Very Common, Though Not Very Friendly, Conclusion	p. 444
Chapter VII Containing a fuller account of Mrs Waters, and by what means she came into that distressful situation from which she was rescued by Jones	p. 449
Chapter I Containing Instructions Very Necessary to Be Perused by Modern Critics	p. 453
Chapter II Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with Very Extraordinary Adventures Which Ensued at the Inn	p. 455
Chapter III A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chambermaid, proper to be read by all innkeepers and their servants; with the arrival and affable behaviour of a beautiful young lady; which may teach persons of condition how they may acquire the love of the whole world	p. 460
Chapter IV Containing Infallible Nostrums for Procuring Universal Disesteem and Hatred	p. 466
Chapter V Showing Who the Amiable Lady and Her Unamiable Maid Were	p. 468
Chapter VI Containing, among other things, the ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and the folly of Fitzpatrick	p. 473
Chapter VII In which are concluded the adventures that happened at the inn at Upton	p. 477
Chapter VIII In which the history goes backward	p. 481
Chapter IX The escape of Sophia	p. 485
Chapter I A Crust for the Critics	p. 492
Chapter II The Adventures Which Sophia Met With, After Her Leaving Upton	p. 496
Chapter III A very short chapter, in which, however, is a sun, a moon, a star, and an angel	p. 503
Chapter IV The history of Mrs Fitzpatrick	p. 505
Chapter V In which the history of Mrs Fitzpatrick is continued	p. 510
Chapter VI In which the mistake of the landlord throws Sophia into a dreadful consternation	p. 514
Chapter VII In which Mrs Fitzpatrick concludes her history	p. 517
Chapter VIII A dreadful alarm in the inn, with the arrival of an unexpected friend of Mrs Fitzpatrick	p. 524
Chapter IX The morning introduced in some pretty writing. A stage-coach. The civility of chambermaids. The heroic temper of Sophia. Her generosity. The return to it. The departure of the company, and their arrival at London; with some remarks for the use of travellers	p. 530
Chapter X Containing a Hint or Two Concerning Virtue, and a Few More Concerning Suspicion	p. 535
Chapter I Showing What is to Be Deemed Plagiarism in a Modern Author, and What is to Be Considered as Lawful Prize	p. 539
Chapter III The Departure of Jones from Upton, with What Passed Between Him and Partridge on the Road	p. 545
Chapter IV The Adventure of a Beggar-Man	p. 549
Chapter V Containing more adventures which Mr Jones and his companion met on the road	p. 553
Chapter VI From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable to be misunderstood and misinterpreted	p. 557
Chapter VII Containing a remark or two of our own, and many more of the good company assembled in the kitchen	p. 560
Chapter VIII In which Fortune seems to have been in a better humour	p. 565
Chapter IX Containing little more than a few odd observations	p. 569
Chapter X In which Mr Jones and Mr Dowling drink a bottle together p. 572
Chapter XI The Disasters Which Befell Jones on His Departure for Coventry; with the Sage Remarks of Partridge	p. 577
Chapter XII Relates That Mr Jones Continued His Journey, Contrary to the Advice of Partridge, with What Happened on That Occasion	p. 579
Chapter XIII A dialogue between Jones and Partridge	p. 587
Chapter XIV What Happened To. Mr Jones in His Journey from St Albans	p. 592
Part III p. 597
Chapter I An invocation	p. 599
Chapter II What befell Mr Jones on his arrival in London	p. 602
Chapter III A project of Mrs Fitzpatrick, and her visit to Lady Bellaston	p. 607
Chapter IV Which Consists of Visiting	p. 610
Chapter V An Adventure Which Happened to Mr Jones at His Lodgings, with Some Account of a Young Gentleman Who Lodged There, and of the Mistress of the House, and Her Two Daughters	p. 612
Chapter VI What arrived while the company were at breakfast, with some hints concerning the government of daughters	p. 617
Chapter VII Containing the whole humours of a masquerade	p. 623
Chapter VIII Containing a scene of distress, which will appear very extraordinary to most of our readers	p. 628
Chapter IX Which treats of matters of a very different kind from those in the preceding chapter	p. 632
Chapter X A Chapter Which, Though Short, May Draw Tears from Some Eyes	p. 636
Chapter XI In Which the Reader Will Be Surprised	p. 638
Chapter XII In which the thirteenth book is concluded	p. 644
Chapter I an Essay to Prove That an Author Will Write the Better for Having Some Knowledge of the Subject on Which He Writes	p. 647
Chapter II Containing Letters and Other Matters Which Attend Amours	p. 650
Chapter III Containing various matters	p. 655
Chapter IV Which we hope will be very attentively perused by young people of both sexes	p. 659
Chapter V A short account of the history of Mrs Miller	p. 662
Chapter VI Containing a scene which we doubt not will affect all our readers	p. 666
Chapter VII The interview between Mr Jones and Mr Nightingale	p. 671
Chapter VIII What passed between Jones and old Mr Nightingale; with the arrival of a person not yet mentioned in this history	p. 675
Chapter IX Containing strange matters	p. 682
Chapter X A short chapter, which concludes the book	p. 685
Chapter I Too Short to Need a Preface	p. 687
Chapter II In Which is Opened a Very Black Design Against Sophia	p. 692
Chapter IV By which it will appear how dangerous an advocate a lady is when she applies her eloquence to an ill purpose	p. 696
Chapter VI By what means the Squire came to discover his daughter	p. 704
Chapter VII In which various misfortunes befall poor Jones	p. 708
Chapter VIII Short and sweet	p. 714
Chapter IX Containing love-letters of several sorts p. 717
Chapter X Consisting Partly of Facts, and Partly of Observations Upon Them	p. 723
Chapter XI Containing Curious but Not Unprecedented Matter	p. 727
Chapter XII A discovery made by Partridge	p. 729
Chapter I Of Prologues	p. 733
Chapter II A Whimsical Adventure Which Befell the Squire, with the Distressed Situation of Sophia	p. 734
Chapter III What happened to Sophia during her confinement	p. 741
Chapter IV In which Sophia is delivered from her confinement	p. 744
Chapter VI In which the history is obliged to look back	p. 755
Chapter VII In which Mr Western pays a visit to his sister, in company with Mr Blifil	p. 758
Chapter VIII Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones	p. 760
Chapter IX In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs Fitzpatrick	p. 764
Chapter X The consequence of the preceding visit	p. 768
Chapter I Containing a Portion of Introductory Writing	p. 772
Chapter II The Generous and Grateful Behaviour of Mrs Miller	p. 773
Chapter III The arrival of Mr Western, with some matters concerning the paternal authority p. 776
Chapter IV An extraordinary scene between Sophia and her aunt	p. 783
Chapter V Mrs Miller and Mr Nightingale visit Jones in the prison p. 787
Chapter VI In which Mrs Miller pays a visit to Sophia p. 790
Chapter VII A Pathetic Scene Between Mr Allworthy and Mrs Miller	p. 794
Chapter VIII Containing Various Matters	p. 796
Chapter IX What happened to Mr Jones in the prison	p. 802
Chapter I A Farewell to the Reader	p. 808
Chapter II Containing a Very Tragical Incident	p. 814
Chapter III Allworthy Visits Old Nightingale; with a Strange Discovery That He Made on That Occasion	p. 818
Chapter V in Which the History is Continued	p. 822
Chapter VI In Which the History is Farther Continued	p. 827
Chapter VII Continuation of the history	p. 830
Chapter IX A further continuation p. 842
Chapter X Wherein the History Begins to Draw Towards a Conclusion	p. 849
Chapter XI The History Draws Never to a Conclusion	p. 854
Chapter XII Approaching still nearer to the end	p. 860
Chapter XIII The last In which the history is concluded	p. 866
Explanatory Notes	p. 873

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