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Title page of Amelia Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many ...
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. [1] His 1749 comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was a seminal work in the genre.
Amelia (novel) (1751), The Covent-Garden Journal (1752) The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon ( Journal d'un voyage de Londres à Lisbonne ) is the final work by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), written during a difficult time in his life.
Fielding frequently used the periodical to respond to criticism for his latest novel, Amelia, which was published in December 1751. The 25 and 28 January issues featured a section in which Amelia ' s most outspoken critics were depicted on trial and in which Fielding systematically repudiated their respective complaints. [ 19 ] "
Pages in category "Novels by Henry Fielding" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amelia (novel)
Henry Fielding – An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers; James Harris – Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar; Henry Home, Lord Kames – Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion; David Hume – An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; John Jortin – Remarks on ...
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel . It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel. [ 1 ]
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first full-length novel by the English author Henry Fielding to be published and among the early novels in the English language. Appearing in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it tells of a good-natured footman's adventures ...