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The History of Tom Jones

di Henry Fielding · 209 parti · about 28 hours 38 minutes di lettura

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Tom Jones è un trovatello, un bambino lasciato in modo misterioso nella casa di un ricco possidente e cresciuto come figlio suo. Tom cresce gentile, coraggioso e fin troppo amante del divertimento, mentre il suo fratellastro Blifil trama contro di lui in segreto. Cacciato da casa, Tom viaggia attraverso l'Inghilterra, tra risse, salvataggi e guai, amando sempre la bella Sophia. Fielding lo racconta come un amico che continua a ridere della sua stessa storia.

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Capitoli

Dedication7 min Book One, Chapter 1: The introduction to the work, or bill of fare to the feast5 min Book One, Chapter 2: A short description of squire Allworthy, and a fuller account of Miss Bridget Allworthy, his sister4 min Book One, Chapter 3: An odd accident which befel Mr Allworthy at his return home. The decent behaviour of Mrs Deborah Wilkins, with some proper animadversions on bastards7 min Book One, Chapter 4: The reader's neck brought into danger by a description; his escape; and the great condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy6 min Book One, Chapter 5: Containing a few common matters, with a very uncommon observation upon them3 min Book One, Chapter 6: Mrs Deborah is introduced into the parish with a simile. A short account of Jenny Jones, with the difficulties and discouragements which may attend young women in the pursuit of learning7 min Book One, Chapter 7: Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author8 min Book One, Chapter 8: A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah; containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former5 min Book One, Chapter 9: Containing matters which will surprize the reader4 min Book One, Chapter 10: The hospitality of Allworthy; with a short sketch of the characters of two brothers, a doctor and a captain, who were entertained by that gentleman7 min Book One, Chapter 11: Containing many rules, and some examples, concerning falling in love: descriptions of beauty, and other more prudential inducements to matrimony8 min Book One, Chapter 12: Containing what the reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it6 min Book One, Chapter 13: Which concludes the first book; with an instance of ingratitude, which, we hope, will appear unnatural5 min Book Two, Chapter 1: Showing what kind of a history this is; what it is like, and what it is not like4 min Book Two, Chapter 2: Religious cautions against showing too much favour to bastards; and a great discovery made by Mrs Deborah Wilkins4 min Book Two, Chapter 3: The description of a domestic government founded upon rules directly contrary to those of Aristotle7 min Book Two, Chapter 4: Containing one of the most bloody battles, or rather duels, that were ever recorded in domestic history9 min Book Two, Chapter 5: Containing much matter to exercise the judgment and reflection of the reader10 min Book Two, Chapter 6: The trial of Partridge, the schoolmaster, for incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection on the wisdom of our law; with other grave matters, which those will like best who understand them most12 min Book Two, Chapter 7: A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred: with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends8 min Book Two, Chapter 8: A receipt to regain the lost affections of a wife, which hath never been known to fail in the most desperate cases3 min Book Two, Chapter 9: A proof of the infallibility of the foregoing receipt, in the lamentations of the widow; with other suitable decorations of death, such as physicians, &c., and an epitaph in the true stile8 min Book Three, Chapter 1: Containing little or nothing3 min Book Three, Chapter 2: The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice. A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster10 min Book Three, Chapter 3: The character of Mr Square the philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the divine; with a dispute concerning----5 min Book Three, Chapter 4: Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise6 min Book Three, Chapter 5: The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters9 min Book Three, Chapter 6: Containing a better reason still for the before-mentioned opinions7 min Book Three, Chapter 7: In which the author himself makes his appearance on the stage3 min Book Three, Chapter 8: A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones4 min Book Three, Chapter 9: Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square5 min Book Three, Chapter 10: In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights5 min Book Four, Chapter 1: Containing five pages of paper5 min Book Four, Chapter 2: A short hint of what we can do in the sublime, and a description of Miss Sophia Western6 min Book Four, Chapter 3: Wherein the history goes back to commemorate a trifling incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences5 min Book Four, Chapter 4: Containing such very deep and grave matters, that some readers, perhaps, may not relish it6 min Book Four, Chapter 5: Containing matter accommodated to every taste11 min Book Four, Chapter 6: An apology for the insensibility of Mr Jones to all the charms of the lovely Sophia; in which possibly we may, in a considerable degree, lower his character in the estimation of those men of wit and gallantry who approve the heroes in most of our modern comedies9 min Book Four, Chapter 7: Being the shortest chapter in this book2 min Book Four, Chapter 8: A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste10 min Book Four, Chapter 9: Containing matter of no very peaceable colour6 min Book Four, Chapter 10: A story told by Mr Supple, the curate. The penetration of Squire Western. His great love for his daughter, and the return to it made by her8 min Book Four, Chapter 11: The narrow escape of Molly Seagrim, with some observations for which we have been forced to dive pretty deep into nature9 min Book Four, Chapter 12: Containing much clearer matters; but which flowed from the same fountain with those in the preceding chapter6 min Book Four, Chapter 13: A dreadful accident which befel Sophia. The gallant behaviour of Jones, and the more dreadful consequence of that behaviour to the young lady; with a short digression in favour of the female sex6 min Book Four, Chapter 14: The arrival of a surgeon.--His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid11 min Book Five, Chapter 1: Of the SERIOUS in writing, and for what purpose it is introduced8 min Book Five, Chapter 2: In which Mr Jones receives many friendly visits during his confinement; with some fine touches of the passion of love, scarce visible to the naked eye9 min Book Five, Chapter 3: Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing5 min Book Five, Chapter 4: A little chapter, in which is contained a little incident6 min Book Five, Chapter 5: A very long chapter, containing a very great incident16 min Book Five, Chapter 6: By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of in the application of the word love11 min Book Five, Chapter 7: In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed10 min Book Five, Chapter 8: Containing matter rather natural than pleasing10 min Book Five, Chapter 9: Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines, that “drunkenness shows the mind of a man, as a mirrour reflects his person.”9 min Book Five, Chapter 10: Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency6 min Book Five, Chapter 11: In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile introduces as bloody a battle as can possibly be fought without the assistance of steel or cold iron6 min Book Five, Chapter 12: In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies of Thwackum and Blifil, and of twenty other such, is capable of producing9 min Book Six, Chapter 1: Of love6 min Book Six, Chapter 2: The character of Mrs Western. Her great learning and knowledge of the world, and an instance of the deep penetration which she derived from those advantages12 min Book Six, Chapter 3: Containing two defiances to the critics8 min Book Six, Chapter 4: Containing sundry curious matters4 min Book Six, Chapter 5: In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt9 min Book Six, Chapter 6: Containing a dialogue between Sophia and Mrs Honour, which may a little relieve those tender affections which the foregoing scene may have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader6 min Book Six, Chapter 7: A picture of formal courtship in miniature, as it always ought to be drawn, and a scene of a tenderer kind painted at full length9 min Book Six, Chapter 8: The meeting between Jones and Sophia4 min Book Six, Chapter 9: Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former9 min Book Six, Chapter 10: In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy10 min Book Six, Chapter 11: A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader4 min Book Six, Chapter 12: Containing love-letters, &c8 min Book Six, Chapter 13: The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; which none of her sex will blame, who are capable of behaving in the same manner. And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience8 min Book Six, Chapter 14: A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister3 min Book Seven, Chapter 1: A comparison between the world and the stage7 min Book Seven, Chapter 2: Containing a conversation which Mr Jones had with himself4 min Book Seven, Chapter 3: Containing several dialogues10 min Book Seven, Chapter 4: A picture of a country gentlewoman taken from the life4 min Book Seven, Chapter 5: The generous behaviour of Sophia towards her aunt6 min Book Seven, Chapter 6: Containing great variety of matter11 min Book Seven, Chapter 7: A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honour9 min Book Seven, Chapter 8: Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind7 min Book Seven, Chapter 9: The wise demeanour of Mr Western in the character of a magistrate. A hint to justices of peace, concerning the necessary qualifications of a clerk; with extraordinary instances of paternal madness and filial affection8 min Book Seven, Chapter 10: Containing several matters, natural enough perhaps, but low10 min Book Seven, Chapter 11: The adventure of a company of soldiers8 min Book Seven, Chapter 12: The adventure of a company of officers14 min Book Seven, Chapter 13: Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant12 min Book Seven, Chapter 14: A most dreadful chapter indeed; and which few readers ought to venture upon in an evening, especially when alone12 min Book Seven, Chapter 15: The conclusion of the foregoing adventure8 min Book Eight, Chapter 1: A wonderful long chapter concerning the marvellous; being much the longest of all our introductory chapters14 min Book Eight, Chapter 2: In which the landlady pays a visit to Mr Jones7 min Book Eight, Chapter 3: In which the surgeon makes his second appearance5 min Book Eight, Chapter 4: In which is introduced one of the pleasantest barbers that was ever recorded in history, the barber of Bagdad, or he in Don Quixote, not excepted8 min Book Eight, Chapter 5: A dialogue between Mr Jones and the barber8 min Book Eight, Chapter 6: In which more of the talents of Mr Benjamin will appear, as well as who this extraordinary person was8 min Book Eight, Chapter 7: Containing better reasons than any which have yet appeared for the conduct of Partridge; an apology for the weakness of Jones; and some further anecdotes concerning my landlady7 min Book Eight, Chapter 8: Jones arrives at Gloucester, and goes to the Bell; the character of that house, and of a petty-fogger which he there meets with9 min Book Eight, Chapter 9: Containing several dialogues between Jones and Partridge, concerning love, cold, hunger, and other matters; with the lucky and narrow escape of Partridge, as he was on the very brink of making a fatal discovery to his friend12 min Book Eight, Chapter 10: In which our travellers meet with a very extraordinary adventure16 min Book Eight, Chapter 11: In which the Man of the Hill begins to relate his history18 min Book Eight, Chapter 12: In which the Man of the Hill continues his history11 min Book Eight, Chapter 13: In which the foregoing story is farther continued14 min Book Eight, Chapter 14: In which the Man of the Hill concludes his history16 min Book Eight, Chapter 15: A brief history of Europe; and a curious discourse between Mr Jones and the Man of the Hill11 min Book Nine, Chapter 1: Of those who lawfully may, and of those who may not, write such histories as this10 min Book Nine, Chapter 2: Containing a very surprizing adventure indeed, which Mr Jones met with in his walk with the Man of the Hill8 min Book Nine, Chapter 3: The arrival of Mr Jones with his lady at the inn; with a very full description of the battle of Upton11 min Book Nine, Chapter 4: In which the arrival of a man of war puts a final end to hostilities, and causes the conclusion of a firm and lasting peace between all parties8 min Book Nine, Chapter 5: An apology for all heroes who have good stomachs, with a description of a battle of the amorous kind9 min Book Nine, Chapter 6: A friendly conversation in the kitchen, which had a very common, though not very friendly, conclusion10 min Book Nine, Chapter 7: Containing a fuller account of Mrs Waters, and by what means she came into that distressful situation from which she was rescued by Jones8 min Book Ten, Chapter 1: Containing instructions very necessary to be perused by modern critics5 min Book Ten, Chapter 2: Containing the arrival of an Irish gentleman, with very extraordinary adventures which ensued at the inn10 min Book Ten, Chapter 3: A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chamber-maid, proper to be read by all inn-keepers and their servants; with the arrival, and affable behaviour of a beautiful young lady; which may teach persons of condition how they may acquire the love of the whole world11 min Book Ten, Chapter 4: Containing infallible nostrums for procuring universal disesteem and hatred6 min Book Ten, Chapter 5: Showing who the amiable lady, and her unamiable maid, were9 min Book Ten, Chapter 6: Containing, among other things, the ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and the folly of Fitzpatrick8 min Book Ten, Chapter 7: In which are concluded the adventures that happened at the inn at Upton8 min Book Ten, Chapter 8: In which the history goes backward8 min Book Ten, Chapter 9: The escape of Sophia14 min Book Eleven, Chapter 1: A crust for the critics8 min Book Eleven, Chapter 2: The adventures which Sophia met with after her leaving Upton14 min Book Eleven, Chapter 3: A very short chapter, in which however is a sun, a moon, a star, and an angel4 min Book Eleven, Chapter 4: The history of Mrs Fitzpatrick11 min Book Eleven, Chapter 5: In which the history of Mrs Fitzpatrick is continued9 min Book Eleven, Chapter 6: In which the mistake of the landlord throws Sophia into a dreadful consternation7 min Book Eleven, Chapter 7: In which Mrs Fitzpatrick concludes her history15 min Book Eleven, Chapter 8: A dreadful alarm in the inn, with the arrival of an unexpected friend of Mrs Fitzpatrick12 min Book Eleven, Chapter 9: The morning introduced in some pretty writing. A stagecoach. The civility of chambermaids. The heroic temper of Sophia. Her generosity. The return to it. The departure of the company, and their arrival at London; with some remarks for the use of travellers8 min Book Eleven, Chapter 10: Containing a hint or two concerning virtue, and a few more concerning suspicion8 min Book Twelve, Chapter 1: Showing what is to be deemed plagiarism in a modern author, and what is to be considered as lawful prize5 min Book Twelve, Chapter 2: In which, though the squire doth not find his daughter, something is found which puts an end to his pursuit7 min Book Twelve, Chapter 3: The departure of Jones from Upton, with what passed between him and Partridge on the road10 min Book Twelve, Chapter 4: The adventure of a beggar-man8 min Book Twelve, Chapter 5: Containing more adventures which Mr Jones and his companion met on the road8 min Book Twelve, Chapter 6: From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable to be misunderstood and misinterpreted6 min Book Twelve, Chapter 7: Containing a remark or two of our own and many more of the good company assembled in the kitchen10 min Book Twelve, Chapter 8: In which fortune seems to have been in a better humour with Jones than we have hitherto seen her8 min Book Twelve, Chapter 9: Containing little more than a few odd observations6 min Book Twelve, Chapter 10: In which Mr Jones and Mr Dowling drink a bottle together9 min Book Twelve, Chapter 11: The disasters which befel Jones on his departure for Coventry; with the sage remarks of Partridge5 min Book Twelve, Chapter 12: Relates that Mr Jones continued his journey, contrary to the advice of Partridge, with what happened on that occasion16 min Book Twelve, Chapter 13: A dialogue between Jones and Partridge10 min Book Twelve, Chapter 14: What happened to Mr Jones in his journey from St Albans7 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 1: An Invocation5 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 2: What befel Mr Jones on his arrival in London10 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 3: A project of Mrs Fitzpatrick, and her visit to Lady Bellaston6 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 4: Which consists of visiting5 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 5: An adventure which happened to Mr Jones at his lodgings, with some account of a young gentleman who lodged there, and of the mistress of the house, and her two daughters11 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 6: What arrived while the company were at breakfast, with some hints concerning the government of daughters11 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 7: Containing the whole humours of a masquerade10 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 8: Containing a scene of distress, which will appear very extraordinary to most of our readers9 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 9: Which treats of matters of a very different kind from those in the preceding chapter7 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 10: A chapter which, though short, may draw tears from some eyes5 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 11: In which the reader will be surprized13 min Book Thirteen, Chapter 12: In which the thirteenth book is concluded4 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 1: An essay to prove that an author will write the better for having some knowledge of the subject on which he writes7 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 2: Containing letters and other matters which attend amours10 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 3: Containing various matters9 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 4: Which we hope will be very attentively perused by young people of both sexes7 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 5: A short account of the history of Mrs Miller8 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 6: Containing a scene which we doubt not will affect all our readers10 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 7: The interview between Mr Jones and Mr Nightingale9 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 8: What passed between Jones and old Mr Nightingale; with the arrival of a person not yet mentioned in this history14 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 9: Containing strange matters7 min Book Fourteen, Chapter 10: A short chapter, which concludes the book3 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 1: Too short to need a preface2 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 2: In which is opened a very black design against Sophia10 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 3: A further explanation of the foregoing design8 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 4: By which it will appear how dangerous an advocate a lady is when she applies her eloquence to an ill purpose3 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 5: Containing some matters which may affect, and others which may surprize, the reader13 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 6: By what means the squire came to discover his daughter9 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 7: In which various misfortunes befel poor Jones14 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 8: Short and sweet5 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 9: Containing love-letters of several sorts11 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 10: Consisting partly of facts, and partly of observations upon them8 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 11: Containing curious, but not unprecedented matter5 min Book Fifteen, Chapter 12: A discovery made by Partridge6 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 1: Of prologues3 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 2: A whimsical adventure which befel the squire, with the distressed situation of Sophia14 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 3: What happened to Sophia during her confinement7 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 4: In which Sophia is delivered from her confinement10 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 5: In which Jones receives a letter from Sophia, and goes to a play with Mrs Miller and Partridge14 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 6: In which the history is obliged to look back6 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 7: In which Mr Western pays a visit to his sister, in company with Mr Blifil5 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 8: Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones7 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 9: In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs Fitzpatrick9 min Book Sixteen, Chapter 10: The consequence of the preceding visit6 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 1: Containing a portion of introductory writing3 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 2: The generous and grateful behaviour of Mrs Miller7 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 3: The arrival of Mr Western, with some matters concerning the paternal authority15 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 4: An extraordinary scene between Sophia and her aunt9 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 5: Mrs Miller and Mr Nightingale visit Jones in the prison7 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 6: In which Mrs Miller pays a visit to Sophia7 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 7: A pathetic scene between Mr Allworthy and Mrs Miller6 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 8: Containing various matters12 min Book Seventeen, Chapter 9: What happened to Mr Jones in the prison12 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 1: A farewel to the reader3 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 2: Containing a very tragical incident10 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 3: Allworthy visits old Nightingale; with a strange discovery that he made on that occasion9 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 4: Containing two letters in very different stiles7 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 5: In which the history is continued11 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 6: In which the history is farther continued8 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 7: Continuation of the history10 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 8: Further continuation17 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 9: A further continuation14 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 10: Wherein the history begins to draw towards a conclusion11 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 11: The history draws nearer to a conclusion13 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 12: Approaching still nearer to the end13 min Book Eighteen, Chapter 13: In which the history is concluded11 min