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Henry Fielding (1707 – 1754) was an English novelist. He’s most known for his novels Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones.
Additionally, Fielding holds a place in the history of law enforcement. He and his half-brother, John, helped to found the Bow Street Runners, known as London’s first police force.
Fielding’s younger sister, Sarah, was also a writer. Her novel The Governess, or The Little Female Academy was written expressly for children.
A good conscience is never lawless in the worst regulated state, and will provide those laws for itself, which the neglect of legislators hath forgotten to supply. ~ Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
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Novels by Henry Fielding
- Shamela – novella, 1741
- The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams – 1742
- The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great – 1743
- The Female Husband or the Surprising History of Mrs Mary alias Mr George Hamilton, who was convicted of having married a young woman of Wells and lived with her as her husband, taken from her own mouth since her confinement – pamphlet, fictionalized report, 1746
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling – 1749
- A Journey from this World to the Next – 1749
- Amelia – 1751
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