Henry Fielding Audio

A foundling brought up by the benevolent Squire Allworthy, the lovable rascal Tom Jones is banished to London to make his fortune. He encounters many misadventures before finding his true identity and true love.

Jonathan Wild is the most notorious criminal of his generation. Through him, Fielding relays a moral satire on the true nature of greatness…

The real Jonathan Wild, born about 1682 and executed at Tyburn in 1725, was one of the most notorious criminals of his age....

This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph Andrews. It is a satire of Walpole that draws a parallel between Walpole and Jonathan Wild, the infamous gang leader and highwayman.

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy.