Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Jonathan_Wild,_the_Great Release date is 2004-03-01

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"The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great" by Henry Fielding is a satirical novel published in 1743. It tells the story of Jonathan Wild, a notorious London underworld boss who worked as a thief-taker while secretly managing a criminal network. Fielding uses Wild's life to satirize English society and political corruption, particularly targeting Prime Minister Robert Walpole. The novel blends criminal biography with romance and social commentary in a darkly ironic portrait of "greatness." (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Biographical fiction London (England) -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction Wild, Jonathan, 1682?-1725 -- Fiction Organized crime -- England -- London -- Fiction

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