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HENRY FIELDING 
(1707-1754) 
 
Henry Fielding was born on the 22
nd
of April 1707 to an aristocratic family. His father was a 
General. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Leyden, Holland. But the 
poverty of the family ran so high that the future writer was compelled to leave the university 
after a year and a half of studies. He began to make his own living from his very youth.
Fielding began his literary career in 1728 and soon became one of the most popular playwrights 
in London. In his best comedies “A Judge Caught in His Own Trap” (1730), “Don Quixote in 
England” (1734), “Pasquin” (1736). Fielding mercilessly exposed England courts of law, the 
parliamentary system and the cupidity of state officials. He criticized the vices of the bourgeoisie 
and aristocracy – their hypocrisy, greed and cruelty – and revealed the most striking aspect of 
contemporary society. Prime Minister Walpole, who had also been victimized by Fielding’s 
sharp critical satire in one of his plays, took revenge by introducing a censorship of the stage, 
which put an end to Fielding’s career as a dramatist. Deprived of means of subsistence, at the age 
of 30 he entered a law school. Fielding studied law and acquired a profession of a lawyer, 
continuing to write at the same time.
The period from 1741-1751 saw the publication of Fielding’s remarkable novels – “The History 
of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams” (1742), “The 
History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great” (1743), Fielding’s masterpiece “The 
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling” (1749) and his last novel “Amelia” (1751). 
In 1754, he left England for Portugal to recover his health. He arrived in Lisbon and stayed there 
for some time. The warm climate, however, did not restore his health and he died in October 8, 
1754. He was buried in Lisbon.