汤姆·琼斯
的有关信息介绍如下:Tom Jones is Henry Fielding's masterpiece on the subject of human nature. It brings the author the name of "Prose Homer" .The panoramic view it provides of the 18th century English country ang city life with different places and about 40 characters is unsurpassed.The language is one of clarity and suppleness. And last of all, the plot construction is excellent. Its eighteen books of epic form are divided into three sections,6 books each, clearly marked out by change of scenes:in the country, on the highway and in London. By this Fielding has indeed achieved his goal of writing a "comic epic in prose". In the novel, Tom Jones stands for a drifting Everyman who is expelled from the paradise and has to undergo hard experiences to gain some knowledge of himself to approach perfection.