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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, an Uncommon card
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a ______ and a picaresque novel.
Answer
Bildungsroman. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. From the The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was first published on 28 February ____ in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel.
Answer
1740s. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel. From the The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel.
- It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel.
- It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels, in which Maugham ranks the ten best novels of the world.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling article was read about 99,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Awadewit at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
