《弃儿汤姆·琼斯的历史》内容简介
亨利•菲尔丁（HenryFielding，1707—1754），英国第一位伟大的小说家，英国小说得以定型的奠基人，是十八世纪英国最杰出的小说大师。
《弃儿汤姆•琼斯的历史》是菲尔丁最伟大的代表作，就作品反映现实的广度和深度来说，这部作品可以称为英国十八世纪社会的散文史诗。作品讲述了私生子汤姆•琼斯寻求真爱的故事。奥尔华绥是一个善良大度而且富有的乡绅，收养了弃婴汤姆•琼斯，他妹妹的儿子布利非也生活在家中，是奥氏财产的合法继承人，布利非将汤姆视为争夺舅舅遗产的眼中钉，千方百计诋毁汤姆的荣誉，终于，汤姆被不明真相的奥尔华绥赶出了家门，开始了一连串悲喜交加的奇遇。小说的社会背景十分广阔，前六卷写乡村，中间六卷写由乡村到伦敦旅途中的情景，最后六卷写伦敦。作者塑造了从地主、贵族一直到士兵、流氓等各阶层的五十多个人物，通过各类不同人的言行和思想感情，揭示了广阔的社会现实，概括了当时英国社会生活的全貌，同时，通过各类人物的命运及相互关系的描写，深刻地展现了人性，表达了善必将战胜恶的人道主义理想。
《弃儿汤姆•琼斯的历史》在艺术上也有很高的成就。英国著名诗人柯勒律治认为这部作品的情节是一切文学当中最完美的情节之一，它的结构是英国小说的典范。
本书收入美国著名插画家劳伦斯•史密斯（LawrenceBeallSmith）为小说创作的全套彩色和黑白插图近三十幅，极具收藏价值。
作者简介
亨利•菲尔丁（HenryFielding，1707—1754），英国第一位伟大的小说家，英国小说得以定型的奠基人，是十八世纪英国最杰出的小说大师。
The History of Foundling Tom Jones
HenryFielding (1707-1754), the first great English novelist and the founder of the English novel, is the most outstanding master of English fiction in the 18th century.
The History of Foundling Tom Jones is Fielding's greatest masterpiece. In terms of the breadth and depth of the work, it can be called the prose epic of eighteenth-century English society. It tells the story of an illegitimate son, Tom Jones, who seeks true love. Olworthy is a kind and generous and rich squire, adopted the abandoned baby Tom Jones, his sister's son Briffe is also living in the home, is the legal heir of the property, Briffe will Tom as a thorn in the side of the inheritance of his uncle, do everything possible to denigrate Tom's honor, finally, Tom was unknown truth of the Olworthy drove out of the house, Began a series of tragic and joyous adventures. The social background of the novel is very broad, the first six books are about the countryside, the middle six books are about the journey from the countryside to London, and the last six books are about London. The author created more than 50 characters from landlords, nobles to soldiers, hooligans and other strata. Through the words, actions, thoughts and feelings of different people, the author revealed the broad social reality and summarized the overall picture of British social life at that time. At the same time, through the description of the fate and mutual relations of various characters, the author deeply demonstrated human nature and expressed the humanitarian ideal that good will prevail over evil.
The History of Foundling Tom Jones is also a great achievement in art. The famous English poet Coleridge thought that the plot of this work is one of the most perfect plots in all literature, and its structure is a model of English fiction.
This book is a collection of nearly 30 full sets of color and black and white illustrations created for the novel by the famous American illustrator Lawrence Smith.
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HenryFielding (1707-1754), the first great English novelist and the founder of the English novel, is the most outstanding master of English fiction in the 18th century.
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