Tom Jones
Tom Jones
副标题: History of Tom Jones
ISBN: 9780812966077
出版社: Modern Library
出版年: 2002-9-10
页数: 1024
定价: USD 12.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household; when his sexual escapades and general misbehavior lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called “the glorious lust of doing good,” but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in English fiction whose human virtues and vices are realistically depicted. This edition is set from the text of the Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding.
作者简介
亨利·菲尔丁（Henry Fielding，1707年4月22日-1754年10月8日）英国小说家，戏剧家。其代表作品《汤姆·琼斯》对后世影响极大。
生平
1707年菲尔丁生于英国萨默塞特郡，就读于伊顿公学。他的妹妹后来也成为了著名作家。菲尔丁写了一部浪漫小说，却因此引起了官司，之后他前往伦敦继续写作。1728年菲尔丁前往荷兰莱顿学习，回到英国之后，他开始为剧院创作剧本。他当时的一些作品对当时沃尔波尔爵士领导的英国政府进行了辛辣的讽刺，特别Golden Rump一剧，作家的讽刺功力初露锋芒，但也导致了1737年政府宣布实施剧院许可证法案。
这一法案使得上演的剧本时刻受到怀疑，在舞台上讽刺政治已经不再可能。菲尔丁因此退出剧院，重操法律旧业。1748年他成为米德尔塞克斯和威斯敏斯特的治安官员。