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Fielding (HENRY an English ersetshire)

HENRY, an English ersetshire, April 22, 1707. After only novelist; born in Sharpham Park, Somersetshire, April 22, 1707. After only moderate success as a playwright and lawyer he wrote "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews" (1742), to burlesque hands into a strong novel of a new type, Richardson's "Pamela"; it grew in his hands into a strong novel of a new type, and his career and fame were determined. His masterpiece is "Tom Jones; or the History of a Foundling" (1749).

His last novel, "Amelia" (1752), is characteristic of his sentiments rather than of his genius. He died in Lisbon, Oct. acteristic of his sentiments rather than 8, 1754.