Fielding (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): English Men of Letters Series

by Austin Dobson

Overview

This biography of Henry Fielding (1707–1754), part of the authoritative English Men of Letters series, is an invaluable resource for students of literature. Fielding, renowned for his satirical skills and bawdy humor, is best known for his rambunctious novel Tom Jones (1749), although The Adventures of Joseph Andrews (1742) marked his debut as a serious novelist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411445703
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	265 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), known as Austin Dobson, was a distinguished English poet and essayist.  He published his first collection of poems, Vignettes in Rhyme, in 1873. In addition to poetry, he also wrote a number of biographies, including studies of Henry Fielding, Richard Steele, Fanny Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole.