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Fielding, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Tom Jones: Books 9 and 10
Book IX
Containing Twelve Hours
The first chapter is another of the gems. Particularly important is
Fielding's eighteenth-century convictions that a writer must have learned his
trade, must be familiar with the literature of the past, must know his own
world, must have a feeling for people.
He further explains why he calls his novel a "history" rather than a
"romance." He feels that many romances are merely idle fictions, whereas he is
interested in actually reporting the facts concerning Nature.
Tom Jones and the Man of the Hill go for an early morning walk. They hear
the screams of a woman and Tom rushes to help her. ...