'Tom Jones' by Henry Fielding was first published in______________?
Correct answer: B. the first half of 18th century
- A. the first half of 19th century
- B. the first half of 18th century
- C. the 2nd half of 18th century
- D. 19th century
Explanation
Henry Fielding published *The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling* in 1749, which falls in the first half of the eighteenth century. The nineteenth-century options are therefore chronologically impossible.
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