History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The

By Fielding, Henry

Book Id: WPLBN0002950266
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File Size: 296.19 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The
Author:	Fielding, Henry
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The
Historic Publication Date:	1743
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Fielding, B. H. (1743). History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

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This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph Andrews. It is a satire of Walpole that draws a parallel between Walpole and Jonathan Wild, the infamous gang leader and highwayman. He implicitly compares the Whig party in Parliament with a gang of thieves being run by Walpole, whose constant desire to be a Great Man (a common epithet for Walpole) should culminate only in the antithesis of greatness: being hanged.

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature, Satire