1. HENRY FIELDING
● Literary movement:
Enlightenment, Augustan Age
● Period: 1728–1754
Presented by : Dhruvita Dhameliya
2. ● Henry fielding was well known novelist and dramatist.
● Educated from Eton College.
● His literary career was began in London.
● Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his earthy humour
and satire. His comic novel Tom Jones is still widely appreciated.
● He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders of the traditional English
novel.
3. ● Joseph Andrew
● Amelia
● Tom Jones
● Janathan wild
His famous works
4. Tom Jones
● This novel deals with Tom’s life
and nature.
● Major themes of this novel are :
Tom’s love, villainy of some
people, hypocrisy and Human
nature
● First publication : 1749, London
5. Character list
Tom Jones
Sophia western
Allowothy
Blifil
- Protagonist.
- The woman he loved.
- Is a kind and genius man.
- Is virtues and honest but
really evil.
6. Tom - A rebellious young
man
● Tom -an anti hero or protagonist.
● Society see him as ‘not virtues, but
rebellious’.
● Tom leads his life according to his own
way.
● Basically a kind and loving fellow.
● He has his own perspective about
goodness.
