Project Gutenberg 2025-03-03 Public domain in the USA. 1617 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. Reading ease score: 38.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. 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 en Cats -- Fiction English fiction -- 18th century PR Text Browsing: Fiction 186272 2025-03-06T21:00:10.260020 text/html 161467 2025-03-06T20:19:07 text/html 364841 2025-03-06T21:00:28.961908 application/epub+zip 361384 2025-03-06T21:00:19.145983 application/epub+zip 183979 2025-03-06T21:00:13.278981 application/epub+zip 540924 2025-03-06T21:00:37.402877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494042 2025-03-06T21:00:28.395895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152795 2025-03-06T21:00:09.572011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130516 2025-03-06T20:19:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15172 2025-03-06T21:00:37.563862 application/rdf+xml 12837 2025-03-06T21:00:18.678943 image/jpeg 2345 2025-03-06T21:00:18.564966 image/jpeg 362522 2025-03-06T21:00:10.287009 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia