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1、HenryFielding,Esq.CONTENTSDEDICATIONBOOKI—CONTAININGASMUCHOFTHEBIRTHOFTHEFOUNDLINGASISNECESSARYORPROPERTOACQUAINTTHEREADERWITHINTHEBEGINNINGOFTHISHISTORY.Chapter1—Theintroductiontothework,orbilloffaretothefeast.Chapter2—AshortdescriptionofsquireAllworthy,andafulleraccountofMissBridg
2、etAllworthy,hissister.Chapter3—AnoddaccidentwhichbefelMrAllworthyathisreturnhome.ThedecentbehaviourofMrsDeborahWilkins,withsomeproperanimadversionsonbastards.Chapter4—Thereader'sneckbroughtintodangerbyadescription;hisescape;andthegreatcondescensionofMissBridgetAllworthy.Chapter5—Con
3、tainingafewcommonmatters,withaveryuncommonobservationuponthem.Chapter6—MrsDeborahisintroducedintotheparishwithasimile.AshortaccountofJennyJones,withthedifficultiesanddiscouragementswhichmayattendyoungwomeninthepursuitoflearning.Chapter7—Containingsuchgravematter,thatthereadercannotl
4、aughoncethroughthewholechapter,unlessperadventureheshouldlaughattheauthor.Chapter8—AdialoguebetweenMesdamesBridgetandDeborah;containingmoreamusement,butlessinstruction,thantheformer.Chapter9—Containingmatterswhichwillsurprizethereader.Chapter10—ThehospitalityofAllworthy;withashortsk
5、etchofthecharactersoftwobrothers,adoctorandacaptain,whowereentertainedbythatgentleman.Chapter11—Containingmanyrules,andsomeexamples,concerningfallinginlove:descriptionsofbeauty,andothermoreprudentialinducementstomatrimony.Chapter12—Containingwhatthereadermay,perhaps,expecttofindinit
6、.Chapter13—Whichconcludesthefirstbook;withaninstanceofingratitude,which,wehope,willappearunnatural.BOOKII—CONTAININGSCENESOFMATRIMONIALFELICITYINDIFFERENTDEGREESOFLIFE;ANDVARIOUSOTHERTRANSACTIONSDURINGTHEFIRSTTWOYEARSAFTERTHEMARRIAGEBETWEENCAPTAINBLIFILANDMISSBRIDGETALLWORTHY.Chapte
7、r1—Showingwhatkindofahistorythisis;whatitislike,andwhatitisnotlike.Chapter2—Religiouscautionsagainstshowingtoomuchfavourtobastards;andagreatdiscoverymadebyMrsDeborahWilkins.Chapter3—ThedescriptionofadomesticgovernmentfoundeduponrulesdirectlycontrarytothoseofAristotle.Chapter4—Contai
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