The Works Of Henry Fielding Esq Dramatic Works

Author : Henry Fielding
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334493485
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq., Vol. 1 of 10 written by Henry Fielding and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq., Vol. 1 of 10: With the Life of the Author; To Which Is Now Added, the Fathers, or the Good-Natured Man To the fame motive we mull afcribe the mul tiplicity of his plays, and the great rapidity with which they were produced for we find that, though fuch a writer as Mr. Congreve was content, in his whole life, to produce four comedies and one tragedy, yet the exigence of our author's affairs required at his hand no lefs than eight entire plays, befldes fifteen farces, or pieces of a fubordinate nature. It has been often a matter of wonder that he, who mof't undoubtedly poffelfed a vein of true and genuine humour, fhould not have proved more fuccefsful in his theatrical produetions 5 that is to fay, fhould not, in fome legitimate comedy, have difcovered the future father of joseph andrews, tom jones, and ame lia. This, however, from what has been premifed, feems pretty fairly accounted for; but yet, for the real caufe of thls Inequality, we limit {till go fomewhat deeper than this re mark', which lies too palpable upon the fur face of things. The enquiry may, perhaps, not be incurious and it {hall be purfued, in its due place, when we come to analyfe his ge nius, and determine its nature and quality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."