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TomJonesiswidelyregardedasoneofthefirstandmostinfluentialEnglishnovels.Itiscertainlythefunniest.TomJones,theheroofthebook,isintroducedtothereaderasthewardofaliberalSomersetsquire.Tomisagenerousbutslightlywildandfecklesscountryboywithaweaknessforyoungwomen.Misfortune,followedbymanyspiritedadventuresashetravelstoLondontoseekhisfortune,teachhimasortofwisdomtogowithhisessentialgood-hearted-ness.This‘comic,epicpoeminprose’willmakethemodernreaderlaughasmuchasitdidhisforbears.Itsbitingsatirefindsanechointoday'ssociety,forasDorisLessingrecentlyremarked'Thiscountrybecomeseverydaymoreliketheeighteenthcentury,fullofthievesandadventurers,roguesandarobust,unhypocriticalsavageryside-by-sidewithpeoplelecturingothersonmorality.'