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A chapter in this novel mimics Homer’s style for a battle in a graveyard where a girl fends off churchgoers with a thighbone. After having sex with a woman at an inn in Upton, the protagonist of this novel finds another girl’s muff left on his bed. In this novel, the lawyer Mr. Dowling is ordered to get the protagonist executed for a duel with Mr. Fitzpatrick, who had (15[1])earlier found the protagonist in bed with Mrs. (*) Waters. Near the end of (10[1])this novel, the philosopher Mr. Square recants his lies which were devised by Master (10[1])Blifil. After being discovered as a baby in the bed of Squire Allworthy, the protagonist of this novel (10[1])is raised near the girl he eventually marries, Sophia Western. For 10 points, name this early English novel about the title foundling, written by Henry Fielding. ■END■

ANSWER: Tom Jones [or The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]
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