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| Oxford World's Classics | |
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| Acknowdledgements | |
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| Note On The Text | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| A Chronology Of Henry Fielding | |
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| The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feast | |
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| A Short Description of Squire Allworthy, and a Fuller Account of Miss Bridget Allworthy, His Sister | |
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| An odd accident which befell Mr Allworthy at his return home. The decent | |
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| The reader's neck brought into danger by a description, his escape, and the great condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy | |
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| Containing a few common matters, with a very uncommon observation upon them< | |
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| Mrs. Deborah is introduced into the parish with a simile. A short account of Jenny Jones, with the difficulties and discouragements which may attend young women in the pursuit of learning | |
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| Containing such grave matter that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author | |
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| A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah, containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former | |
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| Containing Matters Which Will Surprise the Reader | |
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| The Hospitality of Allworthy; with a Short Sketch of the Characters of Two Brothers, a Doctor and a Captain, Who Were Entertained by That Gentleman | |
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| Containing many rules, and some examples, concerning falling in love; descriptions of beauty, and other more prudential inducements to matrimony | |
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| Containing what the reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it | |
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| Which concludes the first book, with an instance of ingratitude, which we hope will appear unnatural | |
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| Showing What Kind of a History This Is; What It is Like, and What It is Not Like | |
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| Religious Cautions Against Showing Too Much Favour to Bastards; and a Great Discovery Made by Mrs Deborah Wilkins | |
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| The description of a domestic government founded upon rules directly contrary to those of Aristotle | |
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| Containing One of the Most Bloody Battles, or Rather Duels, That Were Ever Recorded in Domestic History | |
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| Containing Much Matter to Exercise the Judgment and Reflection of the Reader | |
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| The trial of Partridge, the schoolmaster, for incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection | |
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| A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred; with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends | |
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| A Receipt* to Regain the Lost Affections of a Wife, Which Hath Never Been Known, to Fail in the Most Desperate Cases | |
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| A Proof of the Infallibility of the Foregoing Receipt, in the Lamentations of the Widow; with Other Suitable Decorations of Death, Such as Physicians, &c., and an Epitaph in the True Style | |
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| Containing little or nothing | |
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| The Hero of This Great History Appears with Very Bad Omens. a Little Tale of So Low a Kind That Some May Think It Not Worth Their Notice. a Word or Two Concerning a Squire, and More Relating to a Gamekeeper and a Schoolmaster | |
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| The Character of Mr Square the Philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the Divine; with a Dispute Concerning ----- | |
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| Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise | |
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| The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters | |
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| Containing a Better Reason Still for the Before-Mentioned Opinions | |
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| In Which the Author Himself Makes His Appearance on the Stage | |
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| A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones | |
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| Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square | |
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| In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights | |
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| Containing Five Pages of Paper | |
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| A Short Hint of What We Can Do in the Sublime, and a Description of Miss Sophia Western | |
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| Wherein the History Goes Back to Commemorate a Trifling Incident That Happened Some Years Since; but Which, Trifling as It Was, Had Some Future Consequences | |
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| Containing Such Very Deep and Grave Matters That Some Readers, Perhaps, May Not Relish It | |
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| Containing matter accommodated to every taste | |
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| An Apology for the Insensibility of Mr Jones to All the Charms of the Lovely Sophia; in Which Possibly We May, in a Considerable Degree, Lower His Character in the Estimation of Those Men of Wit and Gallantry Who Approve the Heroes in Most of Our Modern Comedies | |
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| Being the Shortest Chapter in This Book | |
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| A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste | |
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| Containing matter of no very peaceable colour | |
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| A story told by Mr. Supple, the curate | |
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| The narrow escape of Molly Seagrim, with some observations for which we have been forced to dive pretty deep into nature | |
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| Containing much clearer matters; but which flowed from the same fountain with those in the preceding chapter | |
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| A dreadful accident which befell Sophia. The gallant behaviour of Jones, and the more dreadful consequence of that behaviour to the young lady; with a short digression in favour of the female sex | |
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| The arrival of a surgeon. His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid | |
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| Of the Serious in Writing, and for What Purpose It is Introduced | |
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| In Which Mr Jones Receives Many Friendly Visits During His Confinement; with Some Fine Touches of the Passion of Love, Scarce Visible to the Naked Eye | |
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| Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing | |
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| A Little Chapter, in Which is Contained a Little Incident | |
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| A Very Long Chapter, Containing a Very Great Incident | |
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| By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of, in the application of the word LOVE | |
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| In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed | |
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| Containing matter rather natural than pleasing | |
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| Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines | |
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| Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved, beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency | |
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| In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile | |
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| In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies | |
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| Of Love | |
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| The Character of Mrs Western. Her Great Learning and Knowledge of the World, and an Instance of the Deep Penetration Which She Derived from Those Advantages | |
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| Containing two defiances to the critics | |
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| Containing sundry curious matters | |
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| In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt | |
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| Containing a Dialogue Between Sophia and Mrs Honour, Which May a Little Relieve Those Tender Affections Which the Foregoing Scene May Have Raised in the Mind of a Good-Natured Reader | |
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| A Picture of Formal Courtship in Miniature, as It Always Ought to Be Drawn, and a Scene of a Tenderer Kind, Painted at Full Length | |
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| The meeting between Jones and Sophia | |
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| Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former | |
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| In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy | |
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| A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader | |
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| Containing love-letters, &c | |
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| The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; which none of her sex will blame, who are capable of behaving in the same manner. And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience | |
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| A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister | |
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| A Comparison Between the World and the Stage | |
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| Containing a Conversation Which Mr Jones W with Himself | |
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| Containing several dialoguesf | |
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| A picture of a country gentlewoman taken from the life | |
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| The Generous Behaviour of Sophia Towards Her Aunt | |
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| Containing Great Variety of Matter | |
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| A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honou | |
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| Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind | |
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| The wise demeanour of Mr Western in the character of a magistrate | |
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| Containing several matters, natural enough perhaps, but LOW | |
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| The adventure of a company of soldiers | |
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| The adventure of a company of officers | |
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| Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant | |
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| A most dreadful chapter indeed; and which few readers ought to venture upon in an evening, especially when alone | |
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| The conclusion of the foregoing adventure | |
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| A wonderful long chapter concerning the marvellous | |
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| In Which the Landlady Pays a Visit to Mr Jones | |
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| In Which the Surgeon Makes His Second Appearance | |
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| In which is introduced one of the pleasantest barbers that was ever recorded in history, the barber of Bagdad, or he in Don Quixote | |
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| A dialogue between Mr Jones and the barber | |
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| In which more of the talents of Mr Benjamin will appear, as well as who this extraordinary was | |
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| Containing better reasons than any which have yet appeared for the conduct of Partridge; an apology for the weakness of Jones; and some farther anecdotes concerning my landlady | |
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| Jones arrives at Gloucester, and goes to the bell; the character of that house, and of a pettifogger which he there meets with | |
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| Containing Several Dialogues Between Jones and Partridge, Concerning Love, Cold, Hunger, and Other Matters; with the Lucky and Narrow Escape of Partridge, as He Was on the Very Brink of Making a Fatal Discovery to His Friend | |
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| In Which Our Travellers Meet with a Very Extraordinary Adventure | |
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| In which the Man of the Hill begins to relate his history< | |
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| In which the Man of the Hill continues his history | |
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| In which the foregoing story is farther continued | |
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| In Which the Man of the Hill Concludes His History | |
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| A Brief History of Europe. and a Curious Discourse Between Mr Jones and the Man of the Hill | |
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| Of Those Who Lawfully May, and of Those Who May Not, Write Such Histories as This | |
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| Containing a Very Surprising Adventure Indeed, Which Mr Jones Met with in His Walk with the Man of the Hill | |
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| The Arrival of Mr Jones, with His Lady at the Inn; with a Very Full Description of the Battle of Upton | |
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| In Which the Arrival of a Man of War Puts a Final End to Hostilities, and Causes the Conclusion of a Firm and Lasting Peace Between All Parties | |
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| An Apology for All Heroes Who Have Good Stomachs, with a Description of a Battle of the Amorous Kind | |
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| A Friendly Conversation in the Kitchen, Which Had a Very Common, Though Not Very Friendly, Conclusion | |
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| Containing a fuller account of Mrs Waters, and by what means she came into that distressful situation from which she was rescued by Jones< | |
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| Containing Instructions Very Necessary to Be Perused by Modern Critics | |
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| Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with Very Extraordinary Adventures Which Ensued at the Inn | |
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| A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chambermaid, proper to be read by all innkeepers and their servants; with the arrival and affable behaviour of a beautiful young lady; which may teach persons of condition how they may acquire the love of the whole world | |
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| Containing Infallible Nostrums for Procuring Universal Disesteem and Hatred | |
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| Showing Who the Amiable Lady and Her Unamiable Maid Were | |
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| Containing, among other things, the ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and the folly of Fitzpatrick | |
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| In which are concluded the adventures that happened at the inn at Upton | |
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| In which the history goes backward | |
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| The escape of Sophia | |
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| A Crust for the Critics | |
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| The Adventures Which Sophia Met With, After Her Leaving Upton | |
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| A very short chapter, in which, however, is a sun, a moon, a star, and an angel | |
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| The history of Mrs Fitzpatrick | |
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| In which the history of Mrs Fitzpatrick is continued | |
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| In which the mistake of the landlord throws Sophia into a dreadful consternation | |
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| In which Mrs Fitzpatrick concludes her history | |
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| A dreadful alarm in the inn, with the arrival of an unexpected friend of Mrs Fitzpatrick | |
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| The morning introduced in some pretty writing. A stage-coach. The civility of chambermaids. The heroic temper of Sophia. Her generosity. The return to it. The departure of the company, and their arrival at London; with some remarks for the use of travellers | |
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| Containing a Hint or Two Concerning Virtue, and a Few More Concerning Suspicion | |
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| Showing What is to Be Deemed Plagiarism in a Modern Author, and What is to Be Considered as Lawful Prize | |
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| The Departure of Jones from Upton, with What Passed Between Him and Partridge on the Road | |
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| The Adventure of a Beggar-Man | |
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| Containing more adventures which Mr Jones and his companion met on the road | |
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| From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable to be misunderstood and misinterpreted | |
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| Containing a remark or two of our own, and many more of the good company assembled in the kitchen | |
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| In which Fortune seems to have been in a better humour | |
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| Containing little more than a few odd observations | |
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| The Disasters Which Befell Jones on His Departure for Coventry; with the Sage Remarks of Partridge | |
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| Relates That Mr Jones Continued His Journey, Contrary to the Advice of Partridge, with What Happened on That Occasion | |
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| A dialogue between Jones and Partridge | |
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| What Happened To. Mr Jones in His Journey from St Albans | |
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| An invocation | |
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| What befell Mr Jones on his arrival in London | |
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| A project of Mrs Fitzpatrick, and her visit to Lady Bellaston | |
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| Which Consists of Visiting | |
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| An Adventure Which Happened to Mr Jones at His Lodgings, with Some Account of a Young Gentleman Who Lodged There, and of the Mistress of the House, and Her Two Daughters | |
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| What arrived while the company were at breakfast, with some hints concerning the government of daughters | |
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| Containing the whole humours of a masquerade | |
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| Containing a scene of distress, which will appear very extraordinary to most of our readers< | |
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| Which treats of matters of a very different kind from those in the preceding chapter | |
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| A Chapter Which, Though Short, May Draw Tears from Some Eyes | |
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| In Which the Reader Will Be Surprised | |
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| In which the thirteenth book is concluded | |
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| an Essay to Prove That an Author Will Write the Better for Having Some Knowledge of the Subject on Which He Writes | |
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| Containing Letters and Other Matters Which Attend Amours | |
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| Containing various matters | |
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| Which we hope will be very attentively perused by young people of both sexes | |
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| A short account of the history of Mrs Miller | |
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| Containing a scene which we doubt not will affect all our readers | |
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| The interview between Mr Jones and Mr Nightingale | |
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| What passed between Jones and old Mr Nightingale; with the arrival of a person not yet mentioned in this history | |
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| Containing strange matters | |
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| A short chapter, which concludes the book | |
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| Too Short to Need a Preface | |
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| In Which is Opened a Very Black Design Against Sophia | |
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| By which it will appear how dangerous an advocate a lady is when she applies her eloquence to an ill purpose | |
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| By what means the Squire came to discover his daughter | |
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| In which various misfortunes befall poor Jones | |
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| Short and sweet | |
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| Consisting Partly of Facts, and Partly of Observations Upon Them | |
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| Containing Curious but Not Unprecedented Matter | |
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| A discovery made by Partridge | |
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| Of Prologues | |
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| A Whimsical Adventure Which Befell the Squire, with the Distressed Situation of Sophia | |
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| What happened to Sophia during her confinement | |
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| In which Sophia is delivered from her confinement | |
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| In which the history is obliged to look back | |
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| In which Mr Western pays a visit to his sister, in company with Mr Blifil | |
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| Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones | |
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| In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs Fitzpatrick | |
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| The consequence of the preceding visit | |
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| Containing a Portion of Introductory Writing | |
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| The Generous and Grateful Behaviour of Mrs Miller | |
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| An extraordinary scene between Sophia and her aunt | |
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| A Pathetic Scene Between Mr Allworthy and Mrs Miller | |
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| Containing Various Matters | |
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| What happened to Mr Jones in the prison | |
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| A Farewell to the Reader | |
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| Containing a Very Tragical Incident | |
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| Allworthy Visits Old Nightingale; with a Strange Discovery That He Made on That Occasion | |
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| in Which the History is Continued | |
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| In Which the History is Farther Continued | |
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| Continuation of the history | |
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| Wherein the History Begins to Draw Towards a Conclusion | |
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| The History Draws Never to a Conclusion | |
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| Approaching still nearer to the end | |
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| The last In which the history is concluded | |
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| Explanatory Notes | |