This document provides biographical information about English novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding and summarizes his major novel Tom Jones. It notes that Fielding was born in 1707 and his major novels include Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews. Tom Jones, published in 1749, is described as a comic Bildungsroman and picaresque novel that contributed to the development of the realistic novel in England. The document also briefly outlines Fielding's contributions as a playwright, journalist, and judicial reformer and his use of humor and serious social issues in his writing.

1. M.K.Bhavnagar University
 Name : SolankiAlpa H.
 Class : M.A.Part-1(sem-1)
 Roll no.: 36
 Year : 2015-16
 Paper no.: 2(The Neo-Classical Literature)
 Topic : Tom Jones as a Comic work
 Email Id : alpasolanki176@gmail.com
 Submitted : Department of English

2. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
 Henry Fielding was
born April 22 ,1707 .
 He was a one of the
greatest artist , English
novelist and Dramatist
 His major novels are :
 Tom Jones (1749)
 Joseph Andrews (1742)

3. History of Tom Jones
 A foundling often known
simply as aTom Jones is
a comic novel.
 The novel is both a
Bildungsro man and
picaresque novel.
 Tom Jones is among the
earliest english prose
work describable as a
novel
 First published on 28
February 1749 in
London .

4.  Also contributed to the
development of the novel
from :
 Opposed to the didactic toneand
unrealistic character and situation of his
contemporaries.
Fielding infused the novel with
compassion ,comedy and a heightened
sense of realism.

5. He was also a
popular and
important play
wright :
An influential journalist .
One of England’s leading
judicial reforms.

6.  In all of his writing ,Fielding demonstrated a
concern with social and prime minister
Robert Walpole .
 Deal openly with serious social issues
whether in literary works or as a government
official .
 In this work author is going to look deeply in
one of the comic literary works .
 Now a days his novel and his humor become
popular again .