{"title":"Henry Fielding","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Fielding’s works offer a vivid glimpse into 18th-century society through sharp wit and lively narrative. His novels, such as \u003cem\u003eJoseph Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe History of Tom Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, expertly blend humour and social commentary, inviting readers into tales rich with character and satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated for his pioneering role in general fiction, Fielding’s storytelling captures the complexities of human nature with warmth and insight. His writing remains a cornerstone of Arts \u0026amp; Culture, appealing to readers who appreciate both humour and literary depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-history-of-tom-jones-by-henry-fielding-9780140436228","title":"The History of Tom Jones","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 neighbouring squire, though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when his amorous escapades earn the disapproval of his benefactor, Tom is banished to make his own fortune. 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All of the texts are fully annotated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBackgrounds\u003c\/em\u003e contains generous extracts from works that Fielding satirised—\u003cem\u003ePamela\u003c\/em\u003e and Conyer Middleton's \u003cem\u003eDedication to the Life of Cicero\u003c\/em\u003e—and emulated—\u003cem\u003eGil Blas\u003c\/em\u003e and selections from \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eRoman Comique\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLe Paysan Parvenu\u003c\/em\u003e. The section concludes with a general explanation of the political and religious contexts in which \u003cem\u003eJoseph Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e was written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCriticism\u003c\/em\u003e offers a broad range of responses to the novel. Contemporary assessments include selected letters of Thomas Gray, William Shenstone, Samuel Richardson, and others, as well as commentary from \u003cem\u003eThe Student, or Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e, by William Hazlitt, James Beattie, and Sarah Fielding and Jane Collier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern assessments are by Mark Spilka, Dick Taylor, Jr., Martin Battestin, Sheldon Sacks, Morris Golden, Brian McCrea, and Homer Goldberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461100945644,"sku":"9780393955552","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393955552-joseph-andrews-with-shamela-and-related-writings.jpg?v=1774958123"},{"product_id":"tom-jones-by-henry-fielding-9780199536993","title":"Tom Jones","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFielding's comic masterpiece of 1749 was immediately attacked as \u003cem\u003eA motley history of bastardism, fornication, and adultery\u003c\/em\u003e. Indeed, his populous novel overflows with a marvellous assortment of prudes, whores, libertines, bumpkins, misanthropes, hypocrites, scoundrels, virgins, and all too fallible humanitarians. At the centre of one of the most ingenious plots in English fiction stands a hero whose actions were, in 1749, as shocking as they are funny today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpelled from Mr Allworthy's country estate for his wild temper and sexual conquests, the good-hearted foundling \u003cem\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/em\u003e loses his money, joins the army, and pursues his beloved across Britain to London, where he becomes a kept lover and confronts the possibility of incest. \u003cem\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/em\u003e is rightly regarded as Fielding's greatest work, and one of the first and most influential of English novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis carefully modernised edition is based on Fielding's emended fourth edition text and offers the most thorough notes, maps, and bibliography. 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