Henry Fielding

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April 22, 1707 in Sharpham, Somerset, The United Kingdom

died

October 08, 1754

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Henry Fielding was born in Somerset in 1707. The son of a 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), Abraham Adams (1842) and Jonathan Wild (1743).

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	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, Alice Wakely (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6,939 ratings — published 1749 — 185 editions	My rating:
	Joseph Andrews/Shamela by Henry Fielding, Judith Hawley (Noted by) 3.28 avg rating — 829 ratings — published 1742 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding, Dover Thrift Editions 3.19 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1742 — 72 editions	My rating:
	Shamela 3.39 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1976 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Jonathan Wild by Henry Fielding, Hugh Amory (Editor), Linda Bree (Editor) 3.35 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1743 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Amelia 3.30 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1751 — 46 editions	My rating:
	She Stoops to Conquer 3.56 avg rating — 1,651 ratings — published 1773 — 81 editions	My rating:
	The Tragedy of Tragedies or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions	My rating:
	A Journey from This World to the Next and The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Joseph Andrews: Henry Fielding 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1987	My rating:

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“No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.”
― Henry Fielding, Tom Jones

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“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”
― Henry Fielding

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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

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