The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Alice Wakely, Henry Fielding

whoops, knew I forgot something yesterday:

Fridays with the Foundling
Tom Jones Original CoverWe left off last week with the promise to meet

 

the intended Heroine of this Work, a Lady with whom we ourselves are greatly in Love, and with whom many of our Readers will probably be in Love too before we part


Before we meet her, we open Book IV with a little commentary on the Arts, how Heroes and Heroines are depicted and the like as a way to show us the excellency of this Heroine—Miss Sophia Western. Fielding goes on and on for pages about her—an introduction to her character, a description of her and all the wonderful things about her.

Then he recounts a story about young Tom, Sophia and Master Blifil. Blifil acts like a conniving bully, Tom does the right thing and Sophia suffers from the former's antics and is comforted by the latter. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the beginning of a trend.

 

I enjoyed the introduction to Sophia and am looking forward to getting to know her better. I really don't have much else to say about this week's installment.

 

Source: http://irresponsiblereader.com/2020/03/06/the-history-of-tom-jones-a-foundling-by-henry-fielding-book-iv-i-iv