![]() ![]() Squire Allworthy lives with his sister, Bridget Allworthy. He consoles himself that he will join his wife in the next world. Allworthy is a widower whose children had died in infancy. Squire Allworthy is introduced as favored by Nature and Fortune. The narrator purports to follow the best cooks of the age in serving the plainest fare first, then spicing up his offering to equal the elaborate and exaggerated presentations of Europe. However, he argues that what matters are not the elements he represents but rather the way he uses and presents them, similar to the way a chef manipulates ingredients in order to fashion a dish that can appeal to many palates. The narrator explains that this is a wide subject which could be seen as general and crude. ![]() The main provision on offer by Fielding is human nature. The novel begins with the narrator's assertion that authors should consider themselves as publicans, and that their purpose should be to outline what they have to offer to the reader in the way a menu is presented to a customer. ![]()
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