Henry Fielding
Born
in Sharpham, Somerset, The United Kingdom
April 22, 1707
Died
October 08, 1754
Genre
Influences
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
1108 editions
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1749
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Joseph Andrews
505 editions
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published
1742
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Joseph Andrews / Shamela
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60 editions
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1742
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Amelia
259 editions
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published
1751
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An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
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1741
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Jonathan Wild
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215 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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Joseph Andrews Vol 1
83 editions
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published
2006
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The Tragedy Of Tragedies Or The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great
82 editions
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1730
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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
2017 4th Quarter Long Read
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages, 1859
The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages, 800
East of Eden by John Steinbeck. 601 pages, 1952
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 973 pages, 1989
The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 608 pages, 1830
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages, 1847
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 909 pages, 1353
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages, 1957
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages, 1966
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 801 pages, 1865
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1182 pages, 1008
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, 975 pages, 1749
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 661 pages, 1946
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages, 1993
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, 640 pages, 1964
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages, 1978
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 896 pages, 1971
Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr., 1088 pages, 1948
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