18th-Century Libraries Online Book of the Month Club: Tom Jones
3:00pm - 4:00pm /
Friday 25th February 2022
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18th-Century Libraries Online is a four-year project that began in October 2019.
Based in the History Department at the University of Liverpool, its primary aim is to investigate the contribution of books to social, cultural, and political change in the eighteenth century. It will do this by exploring in unprecedented range and depth the role played by voluntary subscription libraries in the reading lives of communities and individuals across the Anglophone Atlantic between 1731 and 1800.
The 18th-Century Libraries Online team together with partner libraries is running a Book of the Month Club throughout 2022, drawing attention to books that appealed to eighteenth-century library goers. Every month, the team selects one book to be the focus of a blog post on our website (www.c18librariesonline.org, under ‘Project updates’) and an online book club Q&A. All zoom sessions are free and open to all – please join us!
For February, the team has selected Henry Fielding’s The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Tom Jones was extremely popular when it was first published in 1749 and became instrumental in the rise of the novel during this period, telling the story of the foundling Tom and his adventurous route to marriage and prosperity. Project Co-Investigator Dr Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow) will outline the enduring popularity of Fielding’s novel, asking why a book that was in many ways so rude was so regularly held up as a model for style – and how it remained a familiar presence in library goers reading choices well into the nineteenth century.
Please register for this event via Eventbrite and the Zoom link will be circulated prior to the event.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-century-libraries-online-book-of-the-month-club-tom-jones-tickets-265009389217
Based in the History Department at the University of Liverpool, its primary aim is to investigate the contribution of books to social, cultural, and political change in the eighteenth century. It will do this by exploring in unprecedented range and depth the role played by voluntary subscription libraries in the reading lives of communities and individuals across the Anglophone Atlantic between 1731 and 1800.
The 18th-Century Libraries Online team together with partner libraries is running a Book of the Month Club throughout 2022, drawing attention to books that appealed to eighteenth-century library goers. Every month, the team selects one book to be the focus of a blog post on our website (www.c18librariesonline.org, under ‘Project updates’) and an online book club Q&A. All zoom sessions are free and open to all – please join us!
For February, the team has selected Henry Fielding’s The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Tom Jones was extremely popular when it was first published in 1749 and became instrumental in the rise of the novel during this period, telling the story of the foundling Tom and his adventurous route to marriage and prosperity. Project Co-Investigator Dr Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow) will outline the enduring popularity of Fielding’s novel, asking why a book that was in many ways so rude was so regularly held up as a model for style – and how it remained a familiar presence in library goers reading choices well into the nineteenth century.
Please register for this event via Eventbrite and the Zoom link will be circulated prior to the event.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-century-libraries-online-book-of-the-month-club-tom-jones-tickets-265009389217