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  2. The Foundling (Leary novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Foundling is a 2022 historical fiction novel by Ann Leary. It is about a home for women deemed "unfit to bear children", and is primarily concerned with eugenics in the United States . Synopsis

  3. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Wikipedia

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    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. 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. [ 1 ]

  4. Review: Why a novel about a home for 'feeble-minded women ...

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    For Leary, writing “The Foundling” was a way of exploring this nation’s history — but also the story of her own family. In a preface, she writes that her grandmother had worked at ...

  5. The Foundling (Heyer novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Foundling is set in the autumn of 1818. [3] Heyer's biographer, Jennifer Kloester, compares the novel with Jane Austen's Emma as having certain themes in common. [2] She also quotes, as a stylistic parallel with Austen, the Duke's observation in the final chapter that Belinda "will always be silly, but [Jasper] appears to have considerable constancy, and we must hope that he will always be ...

  6. The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain - Wikipedia

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    The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain is a collection of short high fantasy stories for children by Lloyd Alexander and illustrator Margot Zemach. The 1973 first edition includes six stories; the 1982 edition, eight. The 1999 edition adds a map of Prydain and a pronunciation guide .

  7. 'The Mandalorian' introduces a new Jedi in an incredible cameo

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    SEE ALSO: 'The Mandalorian' Season 3's best cameo may seem a little Salacious In The Mandalorian's "Chapter 20: The Foundling," the show flashes back to the immediate aftermath of Emperor ...

  8. Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling - Wikipedia

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    Foundling is the first book of Monster Blood Tattoo, a children's/young adult's fantasy trilogy written by Australian author, D.M. Cornish.It tells the story of Rossamünd, a boy unfortunately christened with a girl's name, who has lived his entire life in a foundlingery (kind of an orphanage) before he is chosen to become a lamplighter in a far away city.

  9. The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The History of Tom Jones A Foundling is a five-part TV series produced by the BBC in 1997. It features Max Beesley in the title role, alongside Brian Blessed and Samantha Morton. [1] [2] It is based on the 1749 picaresque novel of the same name by Henry Fielding.