Tom Jones

Informationen zum Autor Henry Fielding (1707-1754) started his career as a playwright until his outspoken satirical plays so annoyed Walpole's government that a new Licensing Act was introduced to drive him from the stage. He turned to writing various 'comic epics in prose'! including Joseph Andrews and Shamela . A master innovator! he is credited with creating the first modern novels in English. He was also a magistrate and co-founder of the Bow Street Runners! London's first professional police force. Joseph Andrews is also published in the Penguin English Library. Klappentext The latest batch of titles which will make up a library of 100 paperbacks of the best fiction in English from the 18th century to the start of the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Fielding
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9780141199733
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119973-3
• No. of pages: 912
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Penguin English Library
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature