Henry Fielding eBooks
eBooks di Henry Fielding editi da E Bookarama
Amelia. E-book. Formato EPUB Henry Fielding - E-Bookarama, 2025 -
First published in 1751, “Amelia” is a sentimental novel, the fourth and final novel written by Henry Fielding.“Amelia” follows a young woman who marries a man against her family’s wishes. The couple moves to another city to start a new life together…Raising questions about married life, gender equality, and justice, “Amelia” is one of Fielding’s most popular novels. It also contains many interesting allusions to classical literature.Fielding, an 18th-century novelist who wrote literary fiction and romance, is remembered for his satire, humor, and sharp, insightful writing. Before writing novels, Fielding worked as a magistrate and helped to form London’s first police force, the Bow Street Runners.
A Journey from This World to the Next. E-book. Formato EPUB Henry Fielding - E-Bookarama, 2025 -
First published in 1749, "A Journey from This World to the Next" is a fictional work by Henry Fielding in which he purports to discover a portion of manuscript which appears to be the work of a recently deceased spirit describing their experiences after death. The narrator (probably not Fielding) has just died, in the first sentence, and has left his old body through its nose. Through relating his travels in the afterlife, he gently satirizes life here on earth. Other notable books by Henry Fielding include "Tom Jones", "Joseph Andrews", and "The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon".
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. E-book. Formato EPUB Henry Fielding - E-Bookarama, 2023 -
"The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is a 1749 novel by Henry Fielding. It has been hailed as one of the great comic novels of English literature and Fielding’s masterpiece. The novel is divided into eighteen books and aims to explore human nature, covering a wide variety of social themes and literary styles.A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is one of the most ambitious comic novels in English literature.