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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph Andrews. It is a satire of Walpole that draws a parallel between Walpole and Jonathan Wild, the infamous gang leader and highwayman. He implicitly compares the Whig party in Parliament with a gang of thieves being run by Walpole, whose constant desire to be a “Great Man” (a common epithet for Walpole) should culminate only in the antithesis of greatness: being hanged.
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Episodes
51 – Book 4, Chapter 10 [A Horrible Uproar in the Gate] 13.11.2025 7:56
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52 – Book 4, Chapter 11 [Conclusion of Mrs. Heartfree's Adventures] 12.11.2025 14:12
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53 – Book 4, Chapter 12 [The Contemplation of Greatness] 11.11.2025 6:41
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54 – Book 4, Chapter 13 [Death, Immortality, and Other Grave Matters] 10.11.2025 17:41
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55 – Book 4, Capter 14 [The Highest Consummation of Human Greatness] 09.11.2025 14:36
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56 – Book 4, Chapter 15 [The Conclusion of This History] 08.11.2025 20:08
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