TOM JONES novel by HENRY FIELDING

1. The History Of
Tom Jones, A
Foundling
(1749)

2. Writer : Henry Fielding
Gener :Bildungrsroman,
Picaresque, comic
Novel.
Divided into 18
smaller books.

3. Charecters 🎭
♣Tom Jones : Protagonist of the Novel.
♣Sophia Western :Heroine of the novel,
daughter of Squire Western.
♣Master Blifil : Antagonist of the novel, son
of captain Blifil and Bridget Allworthy.
Squire Allworthy: Tom's guardian. Wealthy
Squire of an estate in Somerset.

4. Squire Western : Father of Sophia.
Miss Bridget Allworthy :sister of Mr. Allworthy.
Lady Bellaston : Tom's lover who encouraged
Lord Fellamar to rape Sophia.
Mrs. Honour : Sophia's maid who helped her to
escape.
Captain Blifil : Father of Master Blifil and
Husband of Bridget Allworthy.
Dr. Blifil : Brother of Captain Blifil.

5. Lord Fellamar : A peer and socialite, he tried to
rape Sophia.
Fitzpatrick : An Irishman who abuses his wife
Harriet.
Hariet Fitzpatrick :Fitzpatrick’s wife, cousine of
Sophia.
Jenny Jones : servent of Partridge accused to
be the mother of Tom Jones.
Mrs. Miller : Mother of Betty and Nancy Miller.

6. Nancy Miller :(later Nightingle) a good
natured girl who is imposed on by Mr.
Nightingle and is ruined by him.
Mr. Nightingle : imposer of Nancy Miller.
Partridge : Teacher of Jenny Jones.
Black George :Allworthy and Westerners
game keeper, a poor man and the object of
Tom's charity.

7. Molly :Black George's second daughter and
lover of Tom. She had a Basterd son,
possibly by Tom.
Mr. Thomas Square :partial teacher of Blifil
and Tom.
Miss western : Unmarried sister of Square
Western who wrongly believes herself “to
know the world “.

8. Story of Tom Jones :
Book - 1: Introduction of all charecters
Mr. Allworthy, Tom, Blifil…
Book - 2 : Affair of Jenny and Partridge,
marrige of Blifil and and Miss Allworthy
and birth of Master Blifil.
Book - 3.Tom and Blifil as Adults.
Book - 4. Love of Sophia and Tom.

9. Book - 5: Tom's Confusion, illness of
Allworthy.
Book - 6: Banishment of Tom and
Revelation of Tom and Sophia's love.
Book - 7: Tom's arrival at Bristol and
Sophia's escape from Somerset.
Book - 8: Tom's journey from Bristol to
Gloucester, meeting with Partridge.

10. Book - 9: Rescue of Jenny Jones at Upton.
Book - 10: Arrival of Fitzpatrick and Sophia
at Upton.
Book - 11: Sophia's journey to London with
Hariet and Mrs. Honour.
Book - 12: Tom's Journey to London.
Book - 13: Lady Bellaston and Sophia.

11. Book - 14,15,16,17,18: Chasing of Sophia
by his father with Fitzpatrick, Tom's
imprisonement, Arrival of Allworthy and
Marrige of Sophia and Tom.
Thank you…