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Contents
12 reading sections- Harvard Classic Shelf of Fiction Vol. 2
- The History of Tom Jones. Book VIII. Continued
- XV. A Brief History of Europe; and a Curious Discourse Between Mr. Jones and the Man of the Hill
- Book IX. Containing Twelve Hours
- I. Of Those Who Lawfully May, and of Those Who May Not, Write Such Histories as This
- II. Containing a Very Surprizing Adventure Indeed, Which Mr. Jones Met with in His Walk with the Man of the Hill
- III. The Arrival of Mr. Jones with His Lady at the Inn
- IV. In Which the Arrival of a Man of War Puts a Final End to Hostilities
- V. An Apology for All Heroes Who Have Good Stomachs
- VI. A Friendly Conversation in the Kitchen
- VII. Containing a Fuller Account of Mrs. Waters
- Book X. In Which the History Goes Forward about Twelve Hours
- I. Containing Instructions Very Necessary to Be Perused by Modern Critics
- II. Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman
- III. A Dialogue Between the Landlady and Susan the Chambermaid
- IV. Containing Infallible Nostrums for Procuring Universal Disesteem and Hatred
- V. Showing Who the Amiable Lady, and Her Unamiable Maid, Were
- VI. Containing, Among Other Things, the Ingenuity of Partridge, the Madness of Jones, and the Folly of Fitzpatrick
- VII. In Which are Concluded the Adventures That Happened at the Inn at Upton
- VIII. In Which the History Goes Backward
- IX. The Escape of Sophia
- Book XI. Containing about Three Days
- I. A Crust for the Critics
- II. The Adventures Which Sophia Met with After Her Leaving Upton
- III. A Very Short Chapter, in Which However is a Sun, a Moon, a Star, and an Angel
- IV. The History of Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- V. In Which the History of Mrs. Fitzpatrick Is Continued
- VI. In Which the Mistake of the Landlord Throws Sophia Into a Dreadful Consternation
- VII. In Which Mrs. Fitzpatrick Concludes Her History
- VIII. A Dreadful Alarm in the Inn, with the Arrival of an Unexpected Friend of Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- IX. The Morning Introduced in Some Pretty Writing
- X. Containing a Hint or Two Concerning Virtue, and a Few More Concerning Suspicion
- Book XII. Containing the Same Individual Time with the Former
- I. Showing What Is to Be Deemed Plagiarism in a Modern Author, and What Is to Be Considered as Lawful Prize
- II. In Which, Though the Squire Doth Not Find His Daughter, Something is Found Which Puts an End to His Pursuit
- III. The Departure of Jones from Upton
- IV. The Adventure of a Beggar-Man
- V. Containing More Adventures Which Mr. Jones and His Companion Met on the Road
- VI. From Which It May Be Inferred That the Best Things are Liable to Be Misunderstood and Misinterpreted
- VII. Containing a Remark or Two of Our Own, and Many More of the Good Company Assembled in the Kitchen
- VIII. Fortune Seems to Have Been in a Better Humour with Jones Than We Have Hitherto Seen Her
- IX. Containing Little More Than a Few Odd Observations
- X. Mr. Jones and Mr. Dowling Drink a Bottle Together
- XI. The Disasters Which Befel Jones on His Departure for Coventry
- XII. Relates That Mr. Jones Continued His Journey, Contrary to the Advice of Partridge
- XIII. A Dialogue Between Jones and Partridge
- XIV. What Happened to Mr. Jones in His Journey from St. Albans
- Book XIII. Containing the Space of Twelve Days
- I. An Invocation
- II. What Befel Mr. Jones on His Arrival in London
- III. A Project of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, and Her Visit to Lady Bellaston
- IV. Which Consists of Visiting
- V. An Adventure Which Happened to Mr. Jones at His Lodgings
- VI. What Arrived While the Company Were at Breakfast
- VII. Containing the Whole Humours of a Masquerade
- VIII. Containing a Scene of Distress, Which Will Appear Very Extraordinary to Most of Our Readers
- IX. Which Treats of Matters of a Very Different Kind from Those in the Preceding Chapter
- X. A Chapter Which, Though Short, May Draw Tears from Some Eyes
- XI. In Which the Reader Will Be Surprized
- XII. In Which the Thirteenth Book Is Concluded
- Book XIV. Containing Two Days
- I. An Essay to Prove That an Author Will Write the Better for Having Some Knowledge of the Subject
- II. Containing Letters and Other Matters Which Attend Amours
- III. Containing Various Matters
- IV. Which We Hope Will Be Very Attentively Perused by Young People of Both Sexes
- V. A Short Account of the History of Mrs. Miller
- VI. Containing a Scene Which We Doubt Not Will Affect All Our Readers
- VII. The Interview Between Mr. Jones and Mr. Nightingale
- VIII. What Passed Between Jones and Old Mr. Nightingale
- IX. Containing Strange Matters
- X. A Short Chapter, Which Concludes the Book
- Book XV. In Which the History Advances about Two Days
- I. Too Short to Need a Preface
- II. In Which Is Opened a Very Black Design Against Sophia
- III. A Further Explanation of the Foregoing Design
- IV. By Which It Will Appear How Dangerous an Advocate a Lady Is When She Applies Her Eloquence to an Ill Purpose
- V. Containing Some Matters Which May Affect, and Others Which May Surprize, the Reader
- VI. By What Means the Squire Came to Discover His Daughter
- VII. In Which Various Misfortunes Befel Poor Jones
- VIII. Short and Sweet
- IX. Containing Love-Letters of Several Sorts
- X. Consisting Partly of Facts, and Partly of Observations Upon Them
- XI. Containing Curious, but Not Unprecedented Matter
- XII. A Discovery Made by Partridge
- Book XVI. Containing the Space of Five Days
- I. Of Prologues
- II. A Whimsical Adventure Which Befel the Squire
- III. What Happened to Sophia During Her Confinement
- IV. In Which Sophia Is Delivered from Her Confinement
- V. In Which Jones Receives a Letter from Sophia, and Goes to a Play with Mrs. Miller and Partridge
- VI. In Which the History is Obliged to Look Back
- VII. In Which Mr. Western Pays a Visit to His Sister
- VIII. Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the Ruin of Jones
- IX. In Which Jones Pays a Visit to Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- X. The Consequence of the Preceding Visit
- Book XVII. Containing Three Days
- I. Containing a Portion of Introductory Writing
- II. The Generous and Grateful Behaviour of Mrs. Miller
- III. The Arrival of Mr. Western, with Some Matters Concerning the Paternal Authority
- IV. An Extraordinary Scene Between Sophia and Her Aunt
- V. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Nightingale Visit Jones in the Prison
- VI. In Which Mrs. Miller Pays a Visit to Sophia
- VII. A Pathetic Scene Between Mr. Allworthy and Mrs. Miller
- VIII. Containing Various Matters
- IX. What Happened to Mr. Jones in the Prison
- Book XVIII. Containing about Six Days
- I. A Farewell to the Reader
- II. Containing a Very Tragical Incident
- III. Allworthy Visits Old Nightingale; with a Strange Discovery That He Made on That Occasion
- IV. Containing Two Letters in Very Different Stiles
- V. In Which the History Is Continued
- VI. In Which the History Is Farther Continued
- VII. Continuation of the History
- VIII. Further Continuation
- IX. A Further Continuation
- X. Wherein the History Begins to Draw Towards a Conclusion
- XI. The History Draws Nearer to a Conclusion
- XII. Approaching Still Nearer to the End
- Chapter the Last In Which the History Is Concluded