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The History of Tom Jones

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by Henry Fielding

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Vietnamese
  • Content type: Fiction
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AN author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Sagas”. Retained metadata contains “Sagas” in the subject metadata.

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1917P.F. Collier & SonEnglish—Public

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  • Open Library reports 435 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL45623W
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