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Penguin Classics (1987), Paperback, 608 pages
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Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: Though best known for his work in the picaresque romp Tom Jones, the eighteenth-century novelist Henry Fielding explored many literary genres, including the English domestic dramas popularized by luminaries such as Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. If you love domestic tales that leave you laughing and cryingâ??often on the same pageâ??add Amelia to your must-read list
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LibraryThing member curious_squid
Decent book. Probably could have been improved by being shorter.
LibraryThing member ivanfranko
A domestic novel from the earliest days of the English novel Written in 1749 and in two volumes. A series of difficulties besets the marriage of Amelia and Billy Booth, mostly as a result of the husband's impetuousness and difficulties in saying "No". Amelia, on the other hand, is irreproachable in
This is a novel that doesn't flag because it is full of incident and crises. Fielding acknowledges female good sense and courage in the face of the trials the family is faced with, largely a result of Billy's gambling, borrowing and inability to face up to responsibilities.
One has to say "Thank goodness for a well regulated banking system". Billy's problems would have been much eased if it were not for unscrupulous borrowing from so-called friends.
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her patience, love, faith in, and sense of right and wrong with her rather tiresomely gormless spouse.This is a novel that doesn't flag because it is full of incident and crises. Fielding acknowledges female good sense and courage in the face of the trials the family is faced with, largely a result of Billy's gambling, borrowing and inability to face up to responsibilities.
One has to say "Thank goodness for a well regulated banking system". Billy's problems would have been much eased if it were not for unscrupulous borrowing from so-called friends.
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Original publication date
1751
Physical description
608 p.; 7.09 inches
ISBN
0140432299 / 9780140432299