Henry Fielding eBooks

A Journey from This World to the Next. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Henry Fielding   -  Ionlineshopping.Com, 2019  - 

The afterlife, as imagined by England's foremost satirist from the first half of the 18th century, Henry Fielding, in which the author puts us on that he has discovered a portion of manuscript which appears to be the work of a recently deceased spirit describing their experiences after death. This spirit left its body only after some difficulty (the eyes and mouth were closed!) then joins a motley crew of the recently departed on a phantom coach journey into the next world, culminating in their judgement at the gates of Heaven and Hell. What there was proved to be decidedly more about this life than the next, with the majority of the book turning out to be a narrative about the many lives of the one time Emperor Julian, who kept getting sent back to Earth to live over again until he lived right. Being sent back to live over again is the punishment for not being worthy of heaven and the reward for not being bad enough for hell. Julian returned as, amongst other occupations, a beggar, a miser, a soldier, a monk, a fool and a king, but he never quite got it right. Elsewhere there are cameo appearances from the likes of Alexander the Great, Oliver Cromwell, Homer and Shakespeare.  And what of heaven then?  Well, if you have ever read Fielding's Tom Jones, you will be unsurprised to learn that 'there was not a single prude in Elysium'.  

The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Henry Fielding   -  Ionlineshopping.Com, 2019  - 

A very ill British writer Henry Fielding(Tom Jones), decides to leave England when his health deteriorates.He books passage on a ship, floating on the Thames River, headed to Lisbon,Portugal.His physicians agree that the warmer climate might help.Fielding takes his wife,daughter, a friend and two servants along.Problems become obvious,the master of the vessel is in no hurry to head down the river into the sea. The Captain wants more passengers and cargo.Fielding has to be lifted on board.Finally after many days,they start, and promptly collide with two other ships.Luckly there is just minor damage. But the wind or lack of doesn't cooperate and the ship remains in English waters.Weeks pass by and they get as far as the Isle of Wight. You can imagine the primitive conditions on board in 1754 and the eagerness that people want to go on shore.Staying in an inn, the landlady is not friendly to say the least.She even charges for the candles used. When they eventually go south, you guessed it, the wind stops blowing again.Sharing a cabin with the old captain, who's snoring makes more noise than an orchestra and the seasick women in the next room. Fielding is not feeling well either. Stranded in the Bay of Biscay, the crew captures a shark and eats it with the other food.One magical, peaceful evening at sea, on deck, Fielding's party views a colorful blazing Sun setting, and a silvery exiquiste Moon rising. That moment is worth all the hardships of the endless voyage to Lisbon.