The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great
first publication date: 1743
genre: satire
original language: English
follows: Joseph Andrews
followed by: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The Life and Death of the Late Jonathan Wild, the Great is a satiric novel by Henry Fielding. It was published in 1743 in Fielding's Miscellanies, third volume. It is a satiric account of the life of London underworld boss Jonathan Wild (1682–1725). It is an experiment in the various narrative genres that were popular at the time: serious history, criminal biography, political satire, and picaresque novel. Some have argued that it is mainly a satire on Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, who was continuously charged by his political enemies with allegations of corruption. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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