Tom Jones Part Three

The History of Tom Jones

When Tom Jones was first released in 1749, it was attacked as "A motley history of bastardism, fornication, and adultery." Whetted your appetite yet?
Come on a bawdy romp through Georgian England as Tom Jones, his family, friends and the love of his life, Sophia Weston, race through the countryside, seducing and being seduced.

Reckless, good-hearted, bed-hopping Tom falls in love with the beautiful Sophia, but he has a long road to travel before he finds happiness, a road that includes beds, swashbuckling, highwaymen, gentlemen, poets and thieves.

Tom and Sophia careen through a countryside peopled with characters you’ll never forget, who try hard to deter the couple from achieving their happy ending.
From the life of a wealthy squire to the very foot of the gallows at Tyburn tree, Tom never fails to captivate and enchant with his boundless enthusiasm for life and love for his Sophia. Sophia is a lively heroine, worthy of her Tom, who gets into her share of adventures before she finds the man she loves.

The eighteenth century comes to vibrant life, and with the scenes indicated but not detailed by Fielding put back in, it bursts with vitality.

The dictionary writer Samuel Johnson said, "I am shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it: a confession which no modest lady should ever make."
Johnson also said that women should be whipped regularly. He really didn’t understand women, did he?

Tom Jones: Part Three by Lynne Connolly & Henry Fielding

Book Three in the The History of Tom Jones series.

Tom and Sophia travel through England, leaving havoc in their wake.

Part three of Tom Jones, Henry Fielding’s saga of a young man’s bawdy adventures in Georgian England, with added naughty bits! Forced to leave the love of his life, Tom finds consolation in the arms of several ladies and one or two gentlemen. The irresistibly handsome, insatiable boy becomes a man, but he is still steadfast, in his way, to his beloved Sophia.

Sophia has adventures of her own, and reaches London before Tom, to confront the voracious peeress, her cousin and her lover. But Tom still holds the only place in her heart.

These two search for each other, and when they finally meet, their love is rekindled, but fate is still playing games with them, and they have a way to travel yet, before it’s possible for them to reach their happy ending. If, of course, there is one.

Lynne Connolly

About the Author:

Lynne Connolly has been in epublishing since the Wild West days. She’s holding on, and these days she writes for several epublishers. After a varied career in business in which she sold baby nappies, coffee and beer, she took a break, and ended up writing instead. She lives in England, but tries to visit the US at least once a year. She lives in the North West of England with her family and her mews, Jack. Her website is http://lynneconnolly.com and she is also on Twitter and Facebook.

Henry Fielding


Genre: Historical Romance