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Book Synopsis Tom Jones (Diversion Classics) by : Henry Fielding
Download or read book Tom Jones (Diversion Classics) written by Henry Fielding and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Widely regarded as one of the most influential English novels, Tom Jones centers on our hero, the young ward of a kindly Somerset squire. Good-natured, but wild and weak to the charms of beautiful women, Tom often finds himself in heaps of romantic trouble. Things only get worse when he falls in love with his neighbor’s daughter, Sophia, who is promised to his pious but underhanded cousin, Bilfel. When Sophia flees her impending marriage and Tom is accused of a crime he did not commit, both make their way to London. There, Tom does not just find Sophia, but himself. As the mystery of Tom’s parentage unfolds, so does the hope of a new future.
Book Synopsis David Copperfield (Diversion Classics) by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book David Copperfield (Diversion Classics) written by Charles Dickens and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Orphaned, alone, and left at the mercy of a cruel stepfather, David Copperfield’s journey to becoming a successful novelist is beset with tragedy. But as a bevy of rich and lasting characters enter and exit his life, David’s story does not just become one of perseverance, it reveals all facets of what it means to grow up, and to come into one’s own. This semi-autobiographical tale from Dickens blends the tragic and the comedic seamlessly, cementing it as one of the most enduring coming of age stories of all time.
Book Synopsis The History of Tom Jones by : Henry Fielding
Download or read book The History of Tom Jones written by Henry Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Joseph Andrews (Diversion Illustrated Classics) by : Henry Fielding
Download or read book Joseph Andrews (Diversion Illustrated Classics) written by Henry Fielding and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. What began as a parody of Samuel Richardson's Pamela became one of Henry Fielding's greatest works, and one of the earliest English novels. Joseph, at the age of ten, becomes the apprentice of a man named Thomas Booby. But as he grows into a handsome young man, he begins to catch the eyes of Lady Booby, Sir Thomas's wife, and her servant, Mrs. Slipslop. Shocked by their advances, chaste and innocent Joseph spurs their every attempt at seduction. Insulted by his continuous rejection, Lady Booby fires Joseph and turns him out into the streets. Freed from his lecherous employer, his sets off on a journey to visit his beloved Fanny Goodwill. On the way, his old tutor, the pious Parson Adams, becomes his travel companion. The road to Fanny is paved with adventure, and poor Joseph can't seem to shake his various suitors. All he wants to do is live a quiet life devoted to his love, but will he be stopped at every turn?
Book Synopsis Life on the Mississippi (Diversion Illustrated Classics) by : Mark Twain
Download or read book Life on the Mississippi (Diversion Illustrated Classics) written by Mark Twain and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Diversion Classics, an illustrated series that showcases great works of literature from the world's most beloved authors. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI is the definitive guide to the Mississippi River Valley, and who better to illustrate this colorful region than Mark Twain? Drawing on boyhood memories, historical records, and tall tales, Twain crafts a portrait of the place where he spent his formative years. Both witty and informative, this classic travel narrative is an ideal companion to Twain’s Mississippi River novels, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and TOM SAWYER.
Book Synopsis The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: The history of Tom Jones by : William Allan Neilson
Download or read book The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: The history of Tom Jones written by William Allan Neilson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tom Jones written by Fielding Henry and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rhetoric of Diversion in English Literature and Culture, 1690–1760 by : Darryl P. Domingo
Download or read book The Rhetoric of Diversion in English Literature and Culture, 1690–1760 written by Darryl P. Domingo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of how literature of the early eighteenth century represented a newly fashionable life of amusement and diversion. Chapters explore a range of diversionary preoccupations and argue that the devices of digressive wit adopt similar forms and fulfil similar functions in literature as do diversions in eighteenth-century culture.
Download or read book Tom Jones written by Henry Fielding and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012 with total page 1091 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious and sexually open as well as sharp social commentary, this is the tale of the foundling Tom Jones and his journey from young boy to a lusty but kind man. During his formative years he must do battle with his enemies, including the hypocritical teacher Mr Thwackum and bullying local boy, Blifil, all the while silently bearing his love for the neighbour's beautiful daughter, Sophie. Daring in its depiction of prostitution and promiscuity, Tom Jones became a bestseller due to its wit, sex and romance.
Book Synopsis The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by : Henry Fielding
Download or read book The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling written by Henry Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squireathough he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, "Tom Jones" is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
Book Synopsis Northanger Abbey (Diversion Classics) by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Northanger Abbey (Diversion Classics) written by Jane Austen and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. When the imaginative Catherine Morland goes to stay with the Tilneys, she expects danger and intrigue around every corner. She is so absorbed in the mysterious death of the wife of General Tilney that she fails to notice her developing relationship with his son, Henry. At once a classic romance and a sharp parody of Gothic novels, NORTHANGER ABBEY showcases Austen's talent for character and her penchant for wit.
Book Synopsis The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction by : William Allan Neilson
Download or read book The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction written by William Allan Neilson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rough Guide to Classic Novels by : Simon Mason
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Classic Novels written by Simon Mason and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world's greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk's Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors - and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic literature you'll ever need.
Book Synopsis The English Catalogue of Books by : Sampson Low
Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Download or read book Natural Masques written by Jill Campbell and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Campbell draws on recent work that sees the eighteenth century as a crucial moment in the history of sexuality and gender, and she critiques new treatments of the novel's function in defining domestic femininity
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Biblical, Classical and Historical Manuscripts and of Rare and Curious Books (etc.) by : William Pickering
Download or read book Catalogue of Biblical, Classical and Historical Manuscripts and of Rare and Curious Books (etc.) written by William Pickering and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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