《弃儿汤姆·琼斯的历史》(以下简称为《汤姆·琼斯》)是十八世纪英国杰出的启蒙主义作家亨利·菲尔丁的小说代表作。这部流芳百世的长篇小说比较突出地体现了菲尔丁的现实主义创作倾向。它是十八世纪英国资产阶级文学的一颗灿烂明珠,在欧洲近代文学史上闪耀着夺目的光辉。 The History of the Abandoned Tom Jones (hereinafter referred to as “Tom Jones”) is a fictional masterpiece by Henry Fielding, an eminent British enlightening writer of the eighteenth century. This stream of fiction novels more clearly reflects Fielding’s realistic tendency of creation. It is a bright pearl of British bourgeois literature in the eighteenth century, shining a brilliant light in the history of modern European literature.