id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2437 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Wikipedia .html text/html 3622 367 74 Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned", alongside Oedipus Tyrannus and The Alchemist.[3] It became a best seller with four editions published in its first year alone.[4] It is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book and as an influential English novel.[5] The main theme of the novel is the contrast between Tom Jones's good nature, flawed but eventually corrected by his love for virtuous Sophia Western, and his half-brother Blifil's hypocrisy. Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (London: Andrew Millar, 1749). Fielding, Henry "Tom Jones" (New York: The Modern Library, 1931). Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (Wesleyan University Press, 1975) ISBN 978-0-8195-6048-3. Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (New York: W. Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (London: Everyman's Library, 1998) Includes a chapter on Tom Jones, preceded by one titled 'Fielding and the epic theory of the novel'. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2437.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2437.txt