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  2. The Foundling (Leary novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Post called the book a "beach read" with a serious topic, and also points out the parallels to the present day. [4] Despite these parallels to the present day, the New York Times points out that Engle remains very much a woman of her day, and that Leary did not imbue her character with modern values, which makes her decisions at ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Foundling - Wikipedia

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    The Foundling (Heyer novel), a 1948 novel by Georgette Heyer; The Foundling (Leary novel), a 2022 novel by Ann Leary; The Foundling, a 1748 play by Edward Moore; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a 1749 novel by Henry Fielding; Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling, the first book of the Monster Blood Tattoo fantasy trilogy by D. M. Cornish

  5. Stacey Halls - Wikipedia

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    Initially set to reunite with Zaffre for her Georgian London-set sophomore novel, [13] The Foundling became the inaugural publication of Manilla Press, a new Bonnier Books imprint launched in February 2020. [14] A #5 Sunday Times bestseller, [15] the novel was released under the title The Lost Orphan in the U.S. and Canada. [16] [17]

  6. 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 ]

  7. List of orphans and foundlings - Wikipedia

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    Mariano Gálvez, Guatemalan politician, foundling adopted and raised by Gálvez family; Alexander Hamilton, American politician, orphaned at age 13; John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution; Ben W. Hooper, governor of Tennessee, raised in an orphanage; Herbert Hoover, U.S. president, orphaned ...

  8. Foundling Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The Foundling Hospital is mentioned in Emerald Star, although it is mainly about Hetty growing up. [32] Published in 2020, Stacey Halls' The Foundling (or The Lost Orphan in the U.S.) [33] sees the main character, Bess Bright, leave her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital. The book was a Sunday Times Best Seller. [34]

  9. 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 .