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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding . It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel . It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel . The plot follows the life of the protagonist, Tom Jones, a charming rascal . Born to a serving wench, but having grown up in the care of Squire Allworthy, he becomes enamoured of his neighbour\'s daughter, Sophia Western . It follows Tom\'s adventures in London . The novel is highly organised despite its length . It is generally regarded as Fielding\'s greatest book and as an influential English novel .