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Last Updated on August 8, 2021<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Henry Fielding (1707 \u2013 1754) was an English novelist.\u00a0 He’s most known for his novels Joseph Andrews<\/em> and Tom Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Fielding’s younger sister, Sarah, was also a writer.\u00a0 Her novel The Governess, or The Little Female Academy <\/em>was written expressly for children.<\/p>\n 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.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Tom Jones<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Henry Fielding<\/a><\/p>\n Henry Fielding (1707 \u2013 1754) was an English novelist.\u00a0 He’s most known for his novels Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[801,805,799,800],"class_list":["post-5574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-information","tag-amelia","tag-bio1","tag-henry-fielding","tag-tom-jones"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\tSome of the links on this page are affiliate links. That means that if you click through and take action, the publisher of this website will receive compensation.<\/div><\/div>\nHenry Fielding Links<\/h2>\n
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Novels by Henry Fielding<\/h2>\n
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