Tom Jones

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

By: Henry Fielding

Narrated by: Bill Homewood

Tom Jones, a foundling, is brought up by the kindly Mr. Allworthy as if he were his own son. Forced to leave the house as a young man after tales of his disgraceful behavior reach his benefactor's ears, he sets out in utter despair, not only because of his banishment but because he has now lost all hope of gaining the hand of the beautiful Sophia. But she too is forced to flee her parental home to escape an undesirable marriage and their stories and adventures intertwine.

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All is well that ends well

I found myself laughing, or identifying people with the various characters. Great lessons on virtue.

Brilliant!

Great performance of one of the great eighteenth-century novels. Excellent dramatization of the many voices.

Funny enough but a tad too long

I have seen and loved the movie, read the abridged version of this book and loved both, but I found thie unabridged version a bit tiring.

Mainly I took exception with the author musings and moralizing, while I sometimes enjoyed his jabs and tirades against his contemporaries, fellow writers and critics.

Fielding is just as pitiless with his characters, making fun of the aunt, of country squires and penning down everybody's fault neatly and amusingly in real Hogartian fashion.
The heroine is not very well sketched, possibly because virtue can be boring.

On the whole it is an amusing romp and pleasant to listen to.

Hilarious

Follow Tom’s odyssey as Fielding makes you laugh out loud. Every generation thinks they invented sex. Fielding lampoons social snobbery and stratification, and jabs his finger in the eye of critics.

Homewood for the win!

Excellent, soothing stuff. Great deadpan humor. We knew the ending but Bill H kept it fresh!