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Article: Works of Henry Fielding: Tom Jones: Books 1 - 4
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Fielding, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Tom Jones: Books 1 - 4
Book I
The Birth Of The Hero And An Account Of The Allworthy Family
Five years before the story opens, Mr. Allworthy, owner of one of the
largest estates in Somersetshire and a man noted for his benevolence and
piety, had lost his beloved wife. She had borne him three children, but all
had died in infancy, so the Squire had the companionship of his sister,
Bridget, who is more than a little ostentatious in her religious professions.
"She was of that species of women whom you commend rather for good qualities
than beauty.... Indeed, she was so far from regretting want of beauty that
she never mentioned that perfection, if it can be ...
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