Author:Henry Fielding
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Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- 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
[edit]- An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741)
- The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Abrams (1742) [4]
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) [5] (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great (1743) [6]
- Amelia (1751) [7]
Poetry
[edit]- The Masquerade (1728)
- A-Hunting We Will Go (1738)
- The Vernoniad (1741)
Published in Miscellanies, 1743:[8]
- Of True Greatness. An Epistle to George Dodington, Esq. (1741)
- Of Good Nature. To His Grace The Duke of Richmond.
- Liberty. To George Lyttleton, Esq.
- To A Friend on the Choice Of A Wife
- To John Hayes, Esq.
- A Description of U-n G-, (alias New Hog's Norton) in Com. Hants. Written to a Young Lady in the Year 1728.
- To The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, (Now Earl Of Orford). Written in the Year 1730
- To The Same Anno 1731
- Written Extempore On A Halfpenny, Which a young lady gave a beggar, and the author redeemed for half-a-crown.
- The Beggar. A Song.
- An Epigram
- The Question
- J-n W-ts At A Play.
- To Celia
- On A Lady, Coquetting With A Very Silly Fellow.
- On The Same.
- Epitaph On Butler's Monument.
- Another. On A Wicked Fellow, Who Was A Great Blunderer.
- Epigram On One Who Invited Many Gentlemen To A Small Dinner.
- A Sailor's Song
- Advice To The Nymphs Of New S-m. Written in the year 1730.
- To Celia. Occasioned by her apprehending her house would be broke open, and having an old fellow to guard it, who sat up all night, with a gun without any ammunition.
- To The Same. On Her Wishing To Have A Lilliputian To Play With.
- Similes. To The Same.
- The Price. To The Same.
- Her Christian Name. To The Same.
- To The Same; Having Blamed Mr. Gay For His Severity On Her Sex.
- An Epigram.
- Another.
- To The Master Of The Salisbury Assembly. Occasioned by a dispute whether the company should have fresh candles.
- The Cat And Fiddle. To The Favourite Cat Of A Fiddling Miser.
- The Queen of Beauty, t'other day
- A Parody, From The First Aeneid.
- A Simile, From Silius Italicus.
- To Euthalia. Written in the year 1728.
- Part of Juvenal's Sixth Satire, Modernised In Burlesque Verse
- To Miss H-and At Bath. Written extempore in the pump-room, 1742.
Journalism
[edit]- The Champion (1739-1740)
- The True Patriot (1745-1746)
- The Jacobite's Journal (1747-1748)
- The Covent Garden Journal (1752)
Prose
[edit]- The Crisis: a Sermon (1741?)
- The Opposition (1741)
- A Letter to a noble Lord (1742)
- A Full Vindication of the Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough (1742)
- Introduction to The Adventures of David Simple, by Sarah Fielding
Published in Miscellanies, 1743:
- Preface to the Miscellanies and Poems
- An Essay on Conversation
- An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men
- An Essay on Nothing
- Philosophical Transactions, for the Year 1742-3
- The First Olynthiac of Demosthenes
- Of the Remedy of Affliction for the Loss of our Friends
- A Dialogue between Alexander the Great, and Diogenes the Cynic
- An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, and Mercury
- A Journey from This World to the Next
- 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)
Works about Fielding
[edit]Biographies
[edit]- Fielding (1907) by Henry Austin Dobson, part of the "English Men of Letters" series
Encyclopedia articles
[edit]- "Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Fielding, Henry," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Fielding, Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
On his works
[edit]- "Tom Jones and Morality", by G. K. Chesterton in All Things Considered (1908)
Sources
[edit]- ↑ The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ The Works of Henry Fielding in 12 volumes, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ Joseph Andrews - Vol.1; Joseph Andrews - Vol.2, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ Amelia, Project Gutenberg
- ↑ 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.')
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and 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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