The Harvard Classics Shelf Of Fiction, Volume 2

Tom Jones is a rollicking eighteenth-century novel that recounts the adventures of young Tom, a foundling taken in and raised by Squire Allworthy. With its real-life characters, its crime-filled plot, and its humorous take on human nature, Tom Jones provides an enduring snapshot of England's early Hanoverian era.
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