Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (unabridged)
read by Bill Homewood
- Release Date: 7th May 2013
- Catalogue No: NA0119
- Label: Naxos AudioBooks
- Series: Complete Classics
- Length: 37 hours 48 minutes
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Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Unabridged)
Book One, Chapter One
Book One, Chapter Two
Book One, Chapter Three
When Mrs. Deborah returned into the room…
Book One, Chapter Four
Book One, Chapter Five
Book One, Chapter Six
Their envy did not, however, display itself openly…
Book One, Chapter Seven
'Can any pleasure compensate these evils?'
Jenny now lifted her eyes from the ground…
Book One, Chapter Eight
Book One, Chapter Nine
Book One, Chapter Ten
As sympathies of all kinds are apt to beget love…
Book One, Chapter Eleven
To deal plainly with the reader…
Book One, Chapter Twelve
The doctor accused Mr. Allworthy of too great lenity…
Book One, Chapter Thirteen
Book Two, Chapter One
Book Two, Chapter Two
Book Two, Chapter Three
Thus it happened to Mrs. Partridge…
Book Two, Chapter Four
Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind…
Book Two, Chapter Five
I have thought it somewhat strange, upon reflection…
Mr. Allworthy answered, 'He could not dispute with the captain…'
Book Two, Chapter Six
Here, reader, I beg your patience a moment…
Whether Partridge repented or not…
Book Two, Chapter Seven
One situation only of the married state…
Book Two, Chapter Eight
Book Two, Chapter Nine
These two doctors, whom, to avoid any malicious applications…
Book Three, Chapter One
Book Three, Chapter Two
To say the truth, some of that atrocious wickedness in Jones…
At his return home, Tom was presently convened before Mr. Allworthy.
Book Three, Chapter Three
Book Three, Chapter Four
Book Three, Chapter Five
When this story became public…
Having, therefore, determined to commit these boys…
Book Three, Chapter Six
Whether Mrs. Blifil had been surfeited…
Book Three, Chapter Seven
Book Three, Chapter Eight
Book Three, Chapter Nine
Book Three, Chapter Ten
Book Four, Chapter One
Book Four, Chapter Two
Her cheeks were of the oval kind…
Book Four, Chapter Three
Book Four, Chapter Four
'And if they had been hanged…'
Book Four, Chapter Five
Sophia, with the highest degree of innocence and modesty…
It was Mr. Western's custom every afternoon…
Book Four, Chapter Six
That the reader may be no longer in suspense…
Book Four, Chapter Seven
Book Four, Chapter Eight
But now Fortune, fearing she had acted out of character…
Book Four, Chapter Nine
Book Four, Chapter Ten
Tom begged to be excused…
Book Four, Chapter Eleven
But whatever detestation Mr. Allworthy had…
Book Four, Chapter Twelve
Book Four, Chapter Thirteen
Book Four, Chapter Fourteen
Perhaps Sophia might have suffered her maid…
Book Five, Chapter One
And here we shall of necessity…
Book Five, Chapter Two
As to Squire Western…
Book Five, Chapter Three
Book Five, Chapter Four
Book Five, Chapter Five
She was proceeding thus…
The reader will be mistaken…
Book Five, Chapter Six
It may, perhaps, be a question…
One day this young couple accidentally met in the garden…
Book Five, Chapter Seven
'Grieve, therefore, no more, my dear child…'
Book Five, Chapter Eight
The physician now arrived…
Book Five, Chapter Nine
The doctor now interposed…
Book Five, Chapter Ten
Here ensued a parley…
Book Five, Chapter Eleven
Jones now finding himself engaged with two…
Book Five, Chapter Twelve
All fears for Sophia being now removed…
Book Six, Chapter One
Book Six, Chapter Two
'Sister,' cries the squire…
Book Six, Chapter Three
Mr. Allworthy was not one of those men…
Book Six, Chapter Four
Book Six, Chapter Five
Mrs. Western now stood a few moments silent…
Book Six, Chapter Six
Book Six, Chapter Seven
Mr. Western took care to way-lay the lover…
Book Six, Chapter Eight
Book Six, Chapter Nine
So trembled poor Sophia…
It may likewise seem surprising…
Book Six, Chapter Ten
When Allworthy and Blifil were again left together…
Book Six, Chapter Eleven
Book Six, Chapter Twelve
He was now searching his pockets for his wax…
Book Six, Chapter Thirteen
'Name not his detested name,' cries Sophia…
Book Six, Chapter Fourteen
Book Seven, Chapter One
But as Nature often exhibits some of her best performances…
Book Seven, Chapter Two
Book Seven, Chapter Three
'Indeed, madam,' replied Sophia…
'Brother,' said Mrs. Western…
Book Seven, Chapter Four
Book Seven, Chapter Five
Book Seven, Chapter Six
Though Mr. Blifil was not of the complexion of Jones…
Book Seven, Chapter Seven
'I would not have your la'ship too confident of that,' cries Honour…
Book Seven, Chapter Eight
In this humour, which was none of the sweetest…
Book Seven, Chapter Nine
Honour acted her part to the utmost perfection.
Book Seven, Chapter Ten
Here the Quaker ended with a deep sigh…
Book Seven, Chapter Eleven
The gentleman who had been all night tippling at the alehouse…
Book Seven, Chapter Twelve
Mr. Adderly, which was the name of the other ensign…
The tenderness of lovers…
Book Seven, Chapter Thirteen
'Well, sir,' said the surgeon…
Book Seven, Chapter Fourteen
As soon as the serjeant was departed…
Perceiving the bird was flown…
Book Seven, Chapter Fifteen
The reader may perhaps expect…
Book Eight, Chapter One
Man therefore is the highest subject…
Thus we may, perhaps, with little danger, relate the history of Fisher…
Our modern authors of comedy…
Book Eight, Chapter Two
'And could I ever have imagined…'
Book Eight, Chapter Three
Book Eight, Chapter Four
'Indeed,' says Jones…
Book Eight, Chapter Five
Little Benjamin, who had been all attention…
Book Eight, Chapter Six
Jones was a little startled at this sudden declaration.
Book Eight, Chapter Seven
In the evening, when Jones retired to his room…
Book Eight, Chapter Eight
Jones had no sooner quitted the room…
Book Eight, Chapter Nine
They now travelled some miles without speaking to each other…
'A popish priest!' cries Jones…
Book Eight, Chapter Ten
'Pray, sir,' says Partridge…
The old woman was distracted…
Book Eight, Chapter Eleven
'It was my misfortune…'
'Timorous thieves, by extreme caution…'
'Perhaps,' cries Partridge…
Book Eight, Chapter Twelve
'This declaration a little relieved my abashment…'
Book Eight, Chapter Thirteen
'Most of those present seemed affected by this scene…'
'I began now to think all the time I had spent…'
'In short, we soon separated…'
Book Eight, Chapter Fourteen
'We were prevented from any further discourse…'
'The unfortunate event of this enterprise…'
Book Eight, Chapter Fifteen
'Thus, sir, I have ended the history of my life…'
'In the former part of what you said,' replied Jones…
Book Nine, Chapter One
To prevent therefore, for the future…
Again, there is another sort of knowledge…
Book Nine, Chapter Two
Jones helped Northerton upon his legs…
Book Nine, Chapter Three
My landlady, though a very good-tempered woman…
Now the dogs of war being let loose, began to lick their bloody lips…
Book Nine, Chapter Four
My landlord was likewise beginning his oration to Jones…
Book Nine, Chapter Five
The contrary happens in that love which operates…
Book Nine, Chapter Six
'Those officers,' says Partridge…
Book Nine, Chapter Seven
After much consultation on this matter…
Book Ten, Chapter One
Book Ten, Chapter Two
Next to the lady's chamber…
Book Ten, Chapter Three
This gentleman then being well tired…
The lady earnestly desired Partridge to return to his seat…
Book Ten, Chapter Four
Book Ten, Chapter Five
To say the truth, this behaviour of Partridge was a little inexcusable…
Book Ten, Chapter Six
The behaviour of Jones on this occasion…
Book Ten, Chapter Seven
So much more tenderly do women value their reputation…
Book Ten, Chapter Eight
The squire himself now sallied forth…
Book Ten, Chapter Nine
Sophia, finding all her persuasions had no effect…
The landlady finding Sophia intended to stay no longer…
Book Eleven, Chapter One
Now, however ludicrous all this may appear to some…
Book Eleven, Chapter Two
The conversation which passed between these ladies…
This polite person, now taking his wife aside…
Book Eleven, Chapter Three
Book Eleven, Chapter Four
'But, what may seem astonishing…'
Book Eleven, Chapter Five
'This seat, then, is an ancient mansion-house…'
Book Eleven, Chapter Six
'What news, pray?' says Sophia, something eagerly.
Book Eleven, Chapter Seven
Thus, then, Mrs. Fitzpatrick resumed her narrative…
'Mr. Fitzpatrick seemed a little thunderstruck with this…'
Book Eleven, Chapter Eight
On this subject, reader, I must stop a moment, to tell thee a story.
Sophia was very soon eased of her causeless fright…
Book Eleven, Chapter Nine
His wife, however, was far from drawing this conclusion…
Book Eleven, Chapter Ten
The case, it seems, was this…
Book Twelve, Chapter One
Book Twelve, Chapter Two
The hounds ran very hard, as it is called…
Book Twelve, Chapter Three
At length, Jones, being weary of soliloquy…
Book Twelve, Chapter Four
The pocket-book was a late present from Mrs. Western to her niece…
Book Twelve, Chapter Five
Before our travellers had finished their dinner…
Book Twelve, Chapter Six
Book Twelve, Chapter Seven
The attorney's clerk likewise declared…
Book Twelve, Chapter Eight
Their meal being over, Jones was again preparing to sally…
Book Twelve, Chapter Nine
The clock had just struck three when they arrived…
Book Twelve, Chapter Ten
Jones, as the reader knows…
Book Twelve, Chapter Eleven
Book Twelve, Chapter Twelve
Had this history been writ in the days of superstition…
'About a tousand or two tousand year ago…'
Jones greatly applauded the justice of the sentence…
Book Twelve, Chapter Thirteen
'Undoubtedly,' cries Partridge…
Book Twelve, Chapter Fourteen
Jones at first pretended that he would take the fellow at his word…
Book Thirteen, Chapter One
And now, this ill-yoked pair…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Two
Jones, who more than once already…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Three
Book Thirteen, Chapter Four
Book Thirteen, Chapter Five
The footman, having now recovered his legs…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Six
Mr. Jones having now determined to go to the masquerade…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Seven
Jones had never less inclination to an amour than at present…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Eight
'This was a love-match, as they call it, on both sides…'
Book Thirteen, Chapter Nine
Though Jones saw all these discouragements on the one side…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Ten
Book Thirteen, Chapter Eleven
Sophia stood trembling all this while.
Having advanced a few steps…
Book Thirteen, Chapter Twelve
Book Fourteen, Chapter One
Now it happens that this higher order of mortals is not to be seen…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Two
Jones begged her only to whisper…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Three
As soon as Partridge arrived…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Four
'Lookee, Mr. Nightingale,' said Jones…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Five
'This letter, sir, I received within a fortnight…'
Book Fourteen, Chapter Six
When Jones had read this letter…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Seven
'Common sense, indeed,' said Nightingale…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Eight
There is scarce anything which so happily introduces men…
The young lady whom Mr. Nightingale had intended for his son…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Nine
'How, sir?' replies young Nightingale…
Book Fourteen, Chapter Ten
Book Fifteen, Chapter One
Book Fifteen, Chapter Two
'Nay, my lord,' said she…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Three
There was no farther evidence necessary…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Four
Book Fifteen, Chapter Five
But a more lucky circumstance happened for poor Sophia…
As Lord Fellamar was very well assured…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Six
The squire had no sooner read the letter…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Seven
Nothing could equal the dilemma to which Jones was now reduced.
And now Jones was unwillingly obliged to return to his own apartment…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Eight
Book Fifteen, Chapter Nine
Jones, having very attentively heard all that Nightingale had to say…
After some hesitation, Jones, upon the strength of this assurance…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Ten
In the situation that he and his mistress were in at this time…
Book Fifteen, Chapter Eleven
Book Fifteen, Chapter Twelve
Book Sixteen, Chapter One
Book Sixteen, Chapter Two
Upon these words the gentleman returned a very short verbal rebuke…
Here the squire began to look wild…
Book Sixteen, Chapter Three
Sophia, notwithstanding her long fast…
Book Sixteen, Chapter Four
'Why, you are to blame, brother,' answered she.
Book Sixteen, Chapter Five
Mr. Jones having spent three hours in reading…
During the second act, Partridge made very few remarks.
Book Sixteen, Chapter Six
Book Sixteen, Chapter Seven
'I am very sorry, madam,' cried Blifil…
Book Sixteen, Chapter Eight
In the progress of their conversation…
Book Sixteen, Chapter Nine
There are some fine women…
Book Sixteen, Chapter Ten
Book Seventeen, Chapter One
Book Seventeen, Chapter Two
'Indeed, Mrs. Miller,' said Allworthy…
Book Seventeen, Chapter Three
'Thwackum and Square, who both alike…'
Blifil now desired to be permitted to speak a few words.
Book Seventeen, Chapter Four
'No, no, miss,' cries the aunt…
Book Seventeen, Chapter Five
'Come, come, Mr. Jones,' says Mrs. Miller…
Book Seventeen, Chapter Six
Though Sophia read the letter twice over with great attention…
Book Seventeen, Chapter Seven
Book Seventeen, Chapter Eight
This last speech was made in the absence of Sophia…
Book Seventeen, Chapter Nine
A very mournful scene now past between the prisoner and his friends…
She now entered the room with an air of gaiety…
Book Eighteen, Chapter One
Book Eighteen, Chapter Two
As sights of horror were not so usual to George…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Three
When Dowling attended…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Four
The reader will, after this…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Five
Mr. Allworthy sharply rebuked her for this impetuosity…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Six
'Pray,' said Allworthy, 'do not be so particular…'
Book Eighteen, Chapter Seven
'It was then contrived…'
Book Eighteen, Chapter Eight
Mrs. Waters fell now upon her knees before him…
Allworthy stood a minute silent, lifting up his eyes…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Nine
'Nothing but truth,' says Sophia…
'I sincerely wish you joy, sir…'
Western had been long impatient…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Ten
'Prudence is indeed the duty which we owe to ourselves…'
A servant now acquainted them that Mr. Western was below-stairs…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Eleven
Jones expressed great astonishment…
Jones went up to Blifil's room…
Book Eighteen, Chapter Twelve
'Name any proof in my power,' answered Jones eagerly.
At this instant Western, who had stood some time listening…
Book Eighteen, Chapter The Last
Thus, reader, we have at length brought our history to a conclusion…
