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Book 18 Chapter 7 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, we discover the shocking truth of Tom's parentage!
I won't spoil it in the description.
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Book 16 Chapter 10 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, Tom encounters Mr. Fitzpatrick, who challenges him to a duel, with tragic results.
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Book 16 Chapter 9 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, Tom meets with Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who plans to use Tom for her own vengeful purposes.
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Book 16 Chapter 8 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, Lady Bellaston plots Tom's downfall. First, she conspires with Lord Fellamar to have Tom pressganged and sent off to sea. Then, she conspires with Lady Western to marry Sophia to Lord Fellamar.
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Book 16 Chapter 7 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, Western and Blifil barge in on Mrs. Western and Sophia without announcing themselves, which gets them both a stern talking-to from Mrs. Western.
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Book 16 Chapter 6 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, we rejoin Blifil and Allworthy, after what seems like years. They receive the missive from Squire Western to come to London so that Blifil can marry Sophia. Allworthy, ever shrewd, tells Blifil that he won't give his consent to the marriage unless Sophia consents of her own free will. With that, Blifil and Allworthy head to London, bringing the many disparate players in this novel together for the big climax.
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Book 16 Chapter 5 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
This chapter sees Tom and Patridge seeing Hamlet performed by the greatest actor of his time, David Garrick. Partridge is unimpressed by Garrick, who made his reputation with a naturalistic style of acting. To Partridge, Garrick appears simply to be reacting naturally to all of the things which Hamlet encounters. He's much more impressed with the actor portraying Claudius, who screams ACTING! with every line.
I've written before about Fielding as playwright, but he appears to be sneakily introducing some acting theory into this chapter (rather than expounding on it in one of his discursive chapters). He seems to be making the case that what made Garrick a great actor is that he focuses his attention on making his acting partners look good and believable, rather than puffing himself up.
When you see modern actors talking about great actors they've worked with, they almost always talk about how "generous" a great actor is. What they usually mean is that the great actor will give their scene partner a lot to work with, or to put it even more simply, they put their attention on their partner rather than inward into their own emotional life.
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Book 16 Chapter 4 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
In this chapter, Squire Western's sister arrives at his inn and is horrified to hear that Sophia has been imprisoned there. She demands that Sophia be released into her care, and Squire Western complies.
