Henry Fielding
(1707–1754)

English novelist, playwright, journalist and poet; best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Used pseudonym "Scriblerus Secundus". Brother of Sarah Fielding

Henry Fielding

Works

Plays

  • An Old Man Taught Wisdom (1735)
  • The Author's Farce (1730) as Scriblerus Secundus[1]
  • The Coffee-house Politician (1730)
  • The Covent-Garden Tragedy (1732)
  • Deborah (1733)
  • Don Quixote in England (1734)
  • Eurydice (1737)
  • Eurydice Hissed (1737)
  • The Fathers (1741, unfinished; first acted 1778)
  • The Grub-Street Opera (1731)
  • The Historical Register for the Year 1736 (1737)
  • The Intriguing Chambermaid (1733)
  • The Letter-Writers (1731)
  • The Lottery (1731)
  • Love in Several Masques (1728)
  • The Miser (1733)
  • Miss Lucy in Town (1742)
  • The Mock Doctor (1732)
  • The Modern Husband (1732)
  • The Old Debauchees (1732)
  • Pasquin (1736) [2]
  • Plutus, the God of Riches (1742)
  • Rape upon Rape (1730)
  • The Temple Beau (1730)
  • Tom Thumb (1730)
  • The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb (1731) [3]
  • Tumble-Down Dick (1737)
  • The Universal Gallant (1735)
  • The Wedding-Day (1743)

Novels

Poetry

Published in Miscellanies, 1743:[8]

Journalism

Prose

Published in Miscellanies, 1743:

  • Preface to The Adventures of 'David Simple' (1744)
  • A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain (1745)
  • A Dialogue between the Devil, the Pope, and the Pretender (1745)
  • The History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland (1745)
  • A Dialogue between a gentleman of London (1747)
  • A Proper Answer to a Late Scurrilous Libel (1747)
  • Ovid's Art of Love paraphrased (1747)
  • Preface to 'Familiar Letters' (1747)
  • A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez (1749)
  • A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury (1749)
  • An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers (1751)
  • A Plan of the Universal Register Office (1752; with John Fielding)
  • Examples of the Interposition of Providence in the Detection and Punishment of Murder (1752)
  • A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor (1753)
  • A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning (1753)
  • The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (1755)
  • A Fragment of a Comment on Lord Bolingbroke's Essays

Works about Fielding

Biographies

Encyclopedia articles

On his works

Sources

  1. The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
  2. The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
  3. The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
  4. Joseph Andrews - Vol.1; Joseph Andrews - Vol.2, Project Gutenberg
  5. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Project Gutenberg
  6. The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great, Project Gutenberg
  7. Amelia, Project Gutenberg
  8. The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an Essay on his Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. A New Edition Edited by James P. Browne, M.D. (Edinb.) in Eleven Volumes Vol. XI. London. Bickers and Son. 1903.

Lists of Fielding's Works:

  • Lawrence, Frederick (1855). The Life of Henry Fielding. London: Arthur Hall, Virtue.  (See: 'Appendix. A List of Fielding's Works.')
  • Fielding, Henry (1978). Jonathan Wild and A Voyage to Lisbon. London: Dent.  (See: 'Select Bibliography.')


Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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