Project Gutenberg 2025-03-03 Public domain in the USA. 225 Fielding, Henry 1707 1754 Gualterus, Petrus Drawcansir, Alexander, Sir Keyber, Conny Trottplaid, John Vinegar, Hercules Guthrie, William 1708 1770 Broadbottom, Jeffrey The life and adventures of a cat $aLondon :$bWilloughby Mynors, $c1760. Variously attributed to Henry Fielding and to William Guthrie. Hannah Wilson, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "The Life and Adventures of a Cat" by Henry Fielding and William Guthrie is a fictional narrative, likely written in the mid-18th century. The story revolves around the character of Tom, a cat with a remarkable life marked by various trials and tribulations, as well as humorous escapades. Through Tom's adventures, the book explores themes of cleverness, survival, and the complexity of feline nature. The opening of the tale sets the stage for a whimsical exploration of the characteristics and sagacity of cats, asserting their superiority over other animals through philosophical musings. It introduces Tom's birth from a lineage of poor but noble cats, detailing the chaos surrounding his early life that sees him lose his siblings and endure hardship in a world where cats must navigate human affairs. As the narrative unfolds, witty commentary and irony permeate the story, painting a rich image of Tom's exploits and the peculiar societal traits surrounding both humans and their feline companions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://books.google.com/books?id=SVHzvQAACAAJ 20240527175836author 1760 gb Reading ease score: 38.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Cats -- Fiction English fiction -- 18th century PR Text Category: Humour Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 186272 2025-06-30T03:55:33.394936 text/html 161467 2025-03-06T20:19:07 text/html 364823 2025-06-30T03:55:38.213912 application/epub+zip 361351 2025-06-30T03:55:34.661965 application/epub+zip 183951 2025-06-30T03:55:34.032954 application/epub+zip 540888 2025-06-30T03:55:40.961949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494042 2025-06-30T03:55:37.704944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152795 2025-06-30T03:55:32.802975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130516 2025-03-06T20:19:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16622 2025-06-30T03:55:41.102937 application/rdf+xml 12837 2025-06-30T03:55:34.236957 image/jpeg 2345 2025-06-30T03:55:34.134952 image/jpeg 362525 2025-06-30T03:55:33.419982 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia