Henry Fielding  

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Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.

Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners.

Partial list of works

• The Masquerade – a poem (Fielding's first publication)
• Love in Several Masques – play, 1728
• Rape upon Rape – play, 1730. Adapted by Bernard Miles as Lock Up Your Daughters! in 1959, filmed in 1974
• The Temple Beau – play, 1730
• The Author's Farce – play, 1730
• The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb – play, 1731
• Grub-Street Opera – play, 1731
• The Modern Husband – play, 1732
• The Covent Garden Tragedy – play, 1732
• Pasquin – play, 1736
• The Historical Register for the Year 1736 – play, 1737
• An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews – novel, 1741
• The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Abrams – novel, 1742
• The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great – novel, 1743, ironic treatment of Jonathan Wild, the most notorious underworld figure of the time. Published as Volume 3 of Miscellanies.
• Miscellanies – collection of works, 1743, contained the poem Part of Juvenal's Sixth Satire, Modernized in Burlesque Verse
• The Female Husband or the Surprising History of Mrs Mary alias Mr George Hamilton, who was convicted of having married a young woman of Wells and lived with her as her husband, taken from her own mouth since her confinement – pamphlet, fictionalized report, 1746
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling – novel, 1749
• A Journey from this World to the Next – 1749
• Amelia – novel, 1751
• The Covent Garden Journal – periodical, 1752
• Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon – travel narrative, 1755