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'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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