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A Journey from This World to the Next

Author
Henry Fielding
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
4 hours 8 minutes
ISBN
9781802560299
Published
21 August 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Henry Fielding
  • Tom Jones
  • Comedy
  • Comical
  • Farce
  • farcical
  • love
  • romance
  • virtue
  • hypocrisy

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"A Journey from This World to the Next" by Henry Fielding is a satirical and philosophical work presenting a fictional journey of the protagonist, Mr. Everyman, through the afterlife. Written as a dialogue between characters in the underworld, the narrative explores moral and ethical themes while providing a humorous critique of 18th-century society. Fielding cleverly uses the allegorical journey to comment on human behavior, societal norms, and the consequences of one's actions, offering readers a thought-provoking and entertaining exploration of life's complexities and moral choices.

Author

Henry Fielding (1707–1754) brought satire, energy, and moral seriousness to the birth of the English novel. Trained as a playwright, he turned to fiction partly to answer Richardson's Pamela, developing a style that mixed picaresque adventure, ironic commentary, and vivid social observation. His great novel Tom Jones follows a foundling through a world of hypocrites and fools, exposing corruption while never losing sympathy for human weakness.

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