Amelia (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Fielding, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140432299 ISBN 13: 9780140432299

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1987

Synopsis

The social ills of eighteenth-century England are brought into view in Fielding's classic novel of a young couple's struggles against adversity

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From the Back Cover:

With its combination of satire and sentiment, its focus on the seedy side of London life, and its unexpected shifts in tone, Amelia has intrigued and disturbed readers since its first publication. Eagerly awaited by Henry Fielding’s eighteenth-century readers of Tom Jones, the novel perplexed many of them. Amelia counters the traditional courtship plot of eighteenth-century novels with its convincing portrayal of a marriage between an errant husband and his wife, and is ahead of its time in its depiction of the alienation of modern city life.

Appendices include contemporary criticism and related works by Alexander Pope and Sarah Fielding.

About the Author:

Henry Fielding, a proficient English novelist and dramatist famous for his humorous and satirical portrayal of characters. His most-read masterpieces are "Shamela" (a parody of "Pamela" by Richardson) "Joseph Andrews" and "Tom Jones" a picaresque novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140432299
• ISBN 13: 9780140432299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608