Henry Fielding

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Henry Fielding


Born
in Sharpham, Somerset, England
April 22, 1707

Died
October 08, 1754

Genre
Fiction

Influences
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ...more


Henry Fielding was an English dramatist, journalist and novelist. The son of an army lieutenant and a judge's daughter, he was educated at Eton School and the University of Leiden before returning to England where he wrote a series of farces, operas and light comedies.

Fielding formed his own company and was running the Little Theatre, Haymarket, when one of his satirical plays began to upset the government. The passing of the Theatrical Licensing Act in 1737 effectively ended Fielding's career as a playwright.

In 1739 Fielding turned to journalism and became editor of The Champion. He also began writing novels, including: The Adventures of Joseph Andrews (1742) and Jonathan Wild (1743).

Fielding was made a justice of the peace for Westminster ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 48,809 ratings · 2,442 reviews · 2,505 distinct works • Similar authors
The History of Tom Jones, a...
3.75 avg rating — 34,378 ratings — published 1749 — 1272 editions
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Joseph Andrews
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3.27 avg rating — 2,806 ratings — published 1742 — 60 editions
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Amelia
3.55 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1751 — 343 editions
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An Apology for the Life of ...
3.26 avg rating — 973 ratings — published 1741 — 119 editions
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Tom Jones: Volume 1
3.75 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1748
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Tom Jones Vol. II
3.97 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1748 — 124 editions
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The Tragedy Of Tragedies Or...
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“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
― Henry Fielding
tags: contentment, inner-peace
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“No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.”
― Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
tags: literary
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“For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.”
― Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
tags: forgiveness, friendship
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Polls

2017 4th Quarter Long Read

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages, 1859
 
  45 votes, 14.8%

The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages, 800
 
  41 votes, 13.4%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. 601 pages, 1952
 
  38 votes, 12.5%

 
  22 votes, 7.2%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 608 pages, 1830
 
  21 votes, 6.9%

 
  19 votes, 6.2%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 909 pages, 1353
 
  16 votes, 5.2%

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages, 1957
 
  16 votes, 5.2%

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages, 1966
 
  15 votes, 4.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1182 pages, 1008
 
  13 votes, 4.3%

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 801 pages, 1865
 
  12 votes, 3.9%

 
  10 votes, 3.3%

 
  9 votes, 3.0%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages, 1993
 
  8 votes, 2.6%

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, 640 pages, 1964
 
  8 votes, 2.6%

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages, 1978
 
  6 votes, 2.0%

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 896 pages, 1971
 
  4 votes, 1.3%

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr., 1088 pages, 1948
 
  2 votes, 0.7%

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