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Pamphlets, drama, political satire Henry Fielding — author of the famous picaresque novel "the History of Tom Jones, a foundling".
Previously unknown works make up a large part of the book.
English Education — a period of prosperity in the literature of comic genres, and the works of Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was also indicated in the highest degree and in a variety of forms: essays from the coffee to the epic novel.
In the works of Fielding and the comic "actual" (i.e., for distinguishing time writer), and witty observations on the "eternal" human morals, vices and virtues.