History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - General Fiction, Satire, Historical Fiction

Authors: Henry Fielding In Year : 1743

Book Language: English

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01 - Book 1, Chapter 1 [The achievements of Great Men]
02 - Book 1, Chapter 2 [Our Hero's Ancestors]
03 - Book 1, Chapter 3 [Birth, Parentage & Education]
04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 [Mr. Wild's First Entrance into the World]
05 - Book 1, Chapter 5 [Young Master Wild & Count La Ruse]
06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 [Further Conferences between the Count & Master Wild]
07 - Book 1, Chapter 7 [Wild Sets Out on his Travels]
08 - Book 1, Chapter 8 [An Astonishing Instance of Greatness]
09 - Book 1, Chapter 9 [A Visit to Miss Letitia Snap]
10 - Book 1, Chapter 10 [Some Matters Concerning the Chaste Laetitia]
11 - Book 1, Chapter 11 [Notable Instances of Human Greatness]
12 - Book 1, Chapter 12 [Other Particulars relating to Miss Tishy]
13 - Book 1, Chapter 13 [Our Chef-D'Oeuvre]
14 - Book 1, Chapter 14 [The History of Greatness is Continued]
15 - Book 2, Chapter 1 [Characters of Silly People]
16 - Book 2, Chapter 2 [Great Examples of Greatness in Wild]
17 - Book 2, Chapter 3 [Scenes of Softness, Love & Honour]
18 - Book 2, Chapter 4 [On his Misfortune in a Speech]
19 - Book 2, Chapter 5 [Many Surprising Adventures]
20 - Book 2, Chapter 6 [Of Hats]
21 - Book 2, Chapter 7 [Heartfree's Adventures with Wild]
22 - Book 2, Chapter 8 [Greatness to an Immoderate Height]
23 - Book 2, Chapter 9 [More Greatness in Wild]
24 - Book 2, Chapter 10 [Sea-Adventures Very New & Surprising]
25 - Book 2, Chapter 11 [Our Hero in the Boat]
26 - Book 2, Chapter 12 [Strange & Yet Natural Escape of our Hero]
27 - Book 2, Chapter 13 [Conclusion of the Boat Adventure]
28 - Book 3, Chapter 1 [Pitiful Behaviour of Heartfree]
29 - Book 3, Chapter 2 [A Soliloquy of Heartfree]
30 - Book 3, Chapter 3 [The Road to Greatness]
31 - Book 3, Chapter 4 [A Young Hero ... Makes his First Appearance]
32 - Book 3, Chapter 5 [More and More Greatness]
33 - Book 3, Chapter 6 [Fireblood's Adventure]
34 - Book 3, Chapter 7 [Preliminary to the Marriage between Mr. Jonathan Wild and the chaste Laeticia]
35 - Book 3, Chapter 8 [A Dialogue Matrimonial]
36 - Book 3, Chapter 9 [A Base Design on Our Hero]
37 - Book 3, Chapter 10 [Unprecedented Generosity ... Ungrateful Reception]
38 - Book 3, Chapter 11 [A Scheme So Deeply Laid]
39 - Book 3, Chapter 12 [New Instances of Friendly's Folly]
40 - Book 3, Chapter 13 [Something Concerning Fireblood]
41 - Book 3, Chapter 14 [Our Hero Makes a Speech]
42 - Book 4, Chapter 1 [Sentiment of the Ordinary's]
43 - Book 4, Chapter 2 [Concerning Popular Ingratitude]
44 - Book 4, Chapter 3 [The History of Newgate]
45 - Book 4, Chapter 4 [The Dead-Warrant Arrives for Heartfree]
46 - Book 4, Chapter 5 [Containing Various Matters]
47 - Book 4, Chapter 6 [The Foregoing Happy Incident is Accounted For]
48 - Book 4, Chapter 7 [Mrs. Heartfree Relates Her Adventures]
49 - Book 4, Chapter 8 [Mrs. Heartfree Continues]
50 - Book 4, Chapter 9 [Containing Incidents Very Surprizing]
51 - Book 4, Chapter 10 [A Horrible Uproar in the Gate]
52 - Book 4, Chapter 11 [Conclusion of Mrs. Heartfree's Adventures]
53 - Book 4, Chapter 12 [The Contemplation of Greatness]
54 - Book 4, Chapter 13 [Death, Immortality, and Other Grave Matters]
55 - Book 4, Capter 14 [The Highest Consummation of Human Greatness]
56 - Book 4, Chapter 15 [The Conclusion of This History]

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)