Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

English Novelist and Playwright

Henry Fielding was a popular English author during the first half of the 18th century, best known for his plays. Today, he is remembered as one of the first English novelists.

Early Life of Henry Fielding

Fielding was born on April 22, 1707, near Glastonbury, Somerset. His family was wealthy and respected in southwest England. He was educated at Eton College, where he learned to love ancient Greek and Roman literature that influenced his decision to become a playwright.

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Books by Henry Fielding

• Love in Several Masques, 1728
• The Author’s Farce, 1730
• Tom Thumb, 1730
• Rape upon Rape, 1730
• The Modern Husband, 1732
• Pasquin, 1736
• Shamela, 1741
• Joseph Andrews, 1742
• A Journey from this World to the Next, 1743
• A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 1749
• Amelia, 1751

Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

English Novelist, Journalist and Satirist

English author Defoe wrote one of the best-known books in the English literature, Robinson Crusoe, an early example of a novel. Another book, Moll Flanders, became just as famous.

Before his time stories were usually written as long poems or dramas. He was one of the first to write believable characters in stories, in realistic situations by using simple prose.

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Daniel Defoe’s Books

• The True-born Englishman, 1701
• The True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, 1706
• A General History of the Union of Great Britain, 1709
• Robinson Crusoe, 1719
• Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1719
• Memoirs of a Cavalier, 1720
• Captain Singleton, 1720
• Moll Flanders, 1722
• A Journal of the Plague Year, 1722
• Colonel Jack, 1722
• Roxana, 1724
• A Political History of the Devil, 1726

R.D. Blackmore

R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900)

English Novelist and Poet

R.D. Blackmore is famous for his novel Lorna Doone, and mainly remembered for this romantic adventure classic. He wrote more than a dozen novels that made him an important writer of the English countryside.

Lorna Doone became one of Britain’s most popular books in the second half of the 1800s.

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Works by R.D. Blackmore

• Poems by Melanter, 1854
• Lorna Doone, 1869
• The Maid of Sker, 1872
• Alice Lorraine, 1875
• Cripps, the Carrier, 1876
• Mary Anerley, 1880
• Christowell, 1881
• Springhaven, 1887
• Perlycross, 1894
• Dariel, 1897