Henry Fielding
Born
in Sharpham, Somerset, England
April 22, 1707
Died
October 08, 1754
Genre
Influences
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
25 editions
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1749
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Joseph Andrews
2 editions
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published
1742
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Joseph Andrews / Shamela
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62 editions
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published
1742
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Amelia
347 editions
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published
1751
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An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
117 editions
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published
1741
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Jonathan Wild
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220 editions
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published
1743
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Tom Jones: Volume 1
147 editions
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published
1748
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Tom Jones Vol. II
124 editions
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published
1748
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The Tragedy Of Tragedies Or The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great
82 editions
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published
1730
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Joseph Andrews Vol 1
83 editions
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published
2006
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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.”
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“No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.”
― Tom Jones
― Tom Jones
“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.”
― The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
― The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Polls
June 2016 Old School Classic Poll
1880, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 776 pages
5th century BC, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 273 pages
1794, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, 654 pages
1837, The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 801 pages
1830, The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 608 pages
1867, In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne, 432 pages
1885, Germinal by Émile Zola, 592 pages
1883, The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner, 304 pages
440 BC, The Histories by Herodotus, 716 pages
1749, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, 1024 pages
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