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TOM JONES: LADY BELLASTON

A wealthy, sophisticated, and utterly selfish friend of Mrs.
Western, she gives Sophia a place to stay in London. After
hearing Sophia talk about Tom Jones, she develops an infatuation
for him, and, using Sophia as a lure, she begins an affair with
him. Generous at times--she provides Tom with money and
clothes--she's vicious when angry. When Tom breaks off their
affair, she does her best to ruin his chances with Sophia.

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TOM JONES: MRS. MILLER

The warm, simple woman who runs the London lodging house
where Tom stays, she's a friend of Squire Allworthy and a
recipient of his generosity. By singing Tom's praises to
Allworthy, she helps him regain Allworthy's favor.

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TOM JONES: NIGHTINGALE

A boarder at Mrs. Miller's and a friend of Tom when he gets
to London, he is the lover and eventual husband of Mrs.
Miller's daughter Nancy. As his name suggests, he is something
of a frivolous social creature, but he proves to be a good and
loyal friend to Tom.

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TOM JONES: SETTING

Tom Jones has three basic settings, which provide the
background to the three major sections of the novel: The
Country (Somersetshire), The Road, and London. They allow
Fielding an opportunity to present a panorama of England, and
provide a neat scheme for organizing the novel as a whole.

THE COUNTRY The Country section of Tom Jones is set in
Somersetshire, in Western England, south of the Bristol Channel.
This is where Fielding himself grew up, and he conveys his
obvious affection for the area, portraying it as a rural
paradise. The very name of the mansion on the vast Allworthy
estate is Paradise Hall. The other primary setting is the
neighboring Western estate, which is similarly wealthy, and
serves Squire Western mostly as a kind of hunting lodge.

THE ROAD The middle section of Tom Jones takes place along
the roads and within the roadside inns between Somersetshire and
Upton (at the very upper tip of the Bristol Channel) and between