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11 and 12, between Sophia, Tom, and Lady Bellaston provide a
brilliant example of this theatrical kind of writing.
Occasionally, he employs interpolated narrative, which is a
story told not by the novel's narrator but by one of the
characters (for example, the stories of The Man of the Hill and
of Mrs. Fitzpatrick), integrated into the novel. These
interpolations are one of Fielding's many innovations in the
development of the novel.

Finally, Fielding gives you the casual, witty style of the
narrator himself in the essays that begin each book of Tom Jones
and elsewhere throughout the novel. The narrator's wit is often
sharply ironic. He will praise a character, only to have that
praise turn to mockery in the face of the character's greed or
selfishness. The narrator's humorous observations on the art of
swearing, in Book 6, Chapter 9, provide a particularly amusing
example of his wit.

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TOM JONES: FORM AND STRUCTURE

Tom Jones is one of the most elaborately plotted, highly
structured novels ever written. It consists of eighteen books,
each introduced by an opening essay.

The eighteen-book arrangement imitates the standard form of
an epic. Its plot in part parallels the plots of epics like
Homer's Odyssey: a hero leaves his home; he goes on a journey;
and after many adventures, he returns home. Tom Jones parallels
as well the classic structure of a romance: the hero and
heroine meet and fall in love; they are separated; they meet
again, reconcile, and marry. Thus the journey structure
reflects Tom's banishment and reconciliation with Allworthy,
while the romance provides the story of Tom's winning Sophia.

Tom Jones is divided into three roughly equal sections of six
books each, which reflect Tom's journey: those taking place at
home in the Country (Books I-VI), those on the Road (Books
VII-XII), and those in London (Books XIII-XVIII). The London
books conclude with Tom (and Sophia and many of the other
characters) coming home to the country. These three sections
also roughly correspond to the three movements of the romance.
In the first six books, Tom and Sophia fall in love; in the
second six they are separated and Sophia falls out of love with
Tom; and in the third six they meet again and Sophia is slowly
reconciled to Tom. The culmination of both the journey and the
romance is the couple's marriage and return to the country.

The Upton Inn Books (IX-X) occur in the exact middle of the
novel, and mark a major change between Tom and Sophia. Before