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The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

LibriVox recording of The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great by Henry Fielding. Read in English by TriciaG; Matthew Reece; ToddHW; Alan Mapstone; Sonia; Linda Olsen Fitak; MichaelMaggs; Adrian Stephens; Andrew James; David Purdy; Tomas Peter; Devorah Allen; Pier; Jenn Broda; Shreya Sethi; Wayne Cooke; Andrew Gaunce Tom Thumb, small of stature, great of heart. This play was written as a parody of the tragic heroic biography of a great man, filled with biting satire as to people and events of the time. Note as warned by the title that this is not a happy-ending fairy tale. (Follow the etext link to see how the script is full of fictitious supposedly real researchy footnotes by "H. Scriblerus Secundus" providing fake references to the events and allusions of the play.) Supposedly Jane Austen put on a family performance of this play. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: King Arthur, a passionate sort of king, husband to queen Dollallolla, of whom he stands a little in fear; father to Huncamunca, whom he is very fond of, and in love with Glumdalca: ToddHW Tom Thumb the Great, a little hero with a great soul, something violent in his temper, which is a little abated by his love for Huncamun

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