Henry fielding

Henry Fielding (Sharpham, Somerset, England, 22nd April 1707 – Lisbon, Portugal, 8th October 1754) Enough of monarchs and royals for a while, it is high time we made the acquaintance of a famed name of Georgian literature. The best claret is open, grandmother Gilflurt has been safely dispatched for a promenade in the park and I am privileged to welcome Henry Fielding, a man whose work was bawdy, satirical and often controversial. In between travelling, writing and creating a general stir, he…

Shamela (1741) is Henry Fielding's biting and hilarious response to Pamela (1740) by Samuel Richardson. Fielding, most famous as the autho...

MASTERPIECE on PBS announced an exciting new co-production of the Tom Jones book by Henry Fielding. Mammoth Screen and ITV will also produce.

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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Annotated) by Henry Fielding

'The History of Tom Jones: a foundling' - comic novel by Henry Fielding. First published on February 28, 1749. Caption reads: 'A lady in a domino came up to him…and whispered him. '. Book XIII Chapter

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Whenever I pick up a physical book, and it looks a little *too* long, I always check the font to see if it's a full on tome. But I never check when I'm downloading books to my kindle, which is how this happened. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling is a full on 900-odd page doorstop that took me three months to get through on my kindle, but was still an interesting read for sure. One of the earliest English novels, Tom Jones was published in 1749. It's a bildungsroman, which means that it…

Henry Fielding: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews

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