A true-born Englishman : being the life of Henry Fielding
1947, First Edition. London : G. Allen & Unwin. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #440547
Physical description; 288 pages plates, portraits 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 280). Contents; The Harlequin Chamber -- Excursions and alarums -- The case of Miss Sarah Andrew -- Début -- Fielding and the Beggar's opera -- Grub Street and the authors farce -- A young man with a cudgel -- The romance of new sarum -- Fielding and Hogarth -- Pasquin's challenge to folly -- The tragedy of wit overthrown -- Captain Hercules vinegar -- Pamela and Shamela -- The odyssey of Parson Adams -- The heart of Henry Fielding -- The doves and the serpents -- Fielding and the forty-five -- A labour of Hercules -- The domesday book of human nature -- The fool and the lady -- The last fight -- The journey's end. Subjects; Fielding, Henry 1707-1754. Fielding, Henry Biography. Fielding, Henry. Fielding, Henry 1707-1754 ; Biography. 1700-1799. Authors, English 18th century ; Biography. Authors, English.
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