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The 18th century work 'Tom Jones" was written by whom ?

Correct answer: B. Henry Fielding

A. Samuel Johnson
B. Henry Fielding
C. John Donne
D. Tobias Smollett

Explanation

Tom Jones, published in 1749, is the major comic novel by Henry Fielding. Samuel Johnson was chiefly a critic and essayist, while Smollett wrote other eighteenth-century novels such as The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.

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