The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Author(s): Henry Fielding
Genre(s): General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Satire
Narrators: Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Number of Chapters: 56
Length: 10 hours and 16 minutes
Language: English
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. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 [Further Conferences between the Count & Master Wild] (Denny Sayers (d. 2015))
34 - Book 3, Chapter 7 [Preliminary to the Marriage between Mr. Jonathan Wild and the chaste Laeticia] (Denny Sayers (d. 2015))
The audiobook The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great falls under the genres of General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Satire. It is written by Henry Fielding.