At one point in this novel, a would-be highwayman with an unloaded pistol botches his first robbery, but the victim gives him two guineas anyway.
At one point in this novel, a would-be highwayman with an unloaded pistol botches his first robbery, but the victim gives him two guineas anyway. Its protagonist beats up Ensign Northerton shortly after listening to the life story of the Man of the Hill. A character in this novel is interrupted while reading Thomas Southerne's The Fatal Marriage by Lord Fellamar, who attempts to ravish her as part of a scheme arranged by Lady Bellaston. Its protagonist refuses to reveal that (*) Black George was with him when he shot a partridge, an offense that resulted in a beating from Mr. Thwackum, who like the tutor Square favors the protagonist's rival Master Blifil. For 10 points, name this novel in which the title ward of Squire Allworthy eventually marries Sophia Western, a work of Henry Fielding.
At one point in this novel, a would-be highwayman with an unloaded pistol botches his first robbery, but the victim gives him two guineas anyway.
Tom Jones [or The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]