Henry Fielding's Tom Jones Author:Henry Fielding Often considered the first, and one of the greatest, of all English novels and here presented in an exclusive BBC recording, Tom Jones is an unforgettable listening experience. Bawdy, witty, sharply observant of society and human nature, it's a romp through eighteenth-century England with one of the most companionable and delightful fictional ch... more »aracters ever created.
Fielding chronicles the picaresque adventures of Tom, an illegitimate foundling who, despite a generous heart, has a naive inability to resist a pretty face and is banished from the Squire's house. But when the girl he really loves, Sophia, runs away to escape her arranged marriage to his rival, the despicable Blifil, Tom pursues her to London, embarking on a series of riotous and frequently amorous adventures involving a wonderfully engaging gallery of characters.
His travels take us into a rich and often immoral society, filled with amorous encounters, narrow escapes, and colorful, larger-than-life characters who offer a realistic, if often satirical, look at the bustling England of the times. Not so much a rake's progress as the exploits of an innocent abroad, Tom Jones is a splendidly funny and often touching odyssey in which good ultimately triumphs over the corruption of the human spirit.
This lavish production, originally conceived for BBC broadcast and produced by the world's foremost creators of radio entertainment, combines a full cast of more than 30 actors with stirring originally composed music and sound effects to bring Henry Fielding's novel to vivid life.« less