dec 7, 1749 - 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling', Henry Fielding
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novelpicaresque travels. Tom is not a moral example to some extent, but his honesty and charitableness more than make up for it.
cf p79-80
Fielding criticised the narrow-minded, self interested, bourgeois morality exemplified by Richardson's 'Pamela'. Instead Fielding advocates charity, empathy with others, and benevolence
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