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'Jones flung himself at his benefactor's feet', c1800, (1934). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is a comic novel by Henry Fielding (1707-1754). First published on 28 February 1749 in London, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works to be recognised as a novel. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934]