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Fielding, Henry - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fielding, Henry |
 | | His greatest work, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) (see Tom Jones), which he described as ‘a comic epic poem in prose’, was an early landmark in the development of the English novel, realizing for the first time in English the form's potential for memorable characterization, coherent plotting, and perceptive analysis. |
 | | This was followed in 1742 by The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr Abraham Adams Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes. |
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