Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding is the father of English novel, which is famous for Comic epic in prose. Fielding, as one of the pioneers of English realistic literature, portrays the real life of men without disguise.He exposes the hypocrisy and deptavity of the ruling class and pictures the poverty of the working masses who are driven by want to crime. His famous writing is The Story of Tom Jones, which gives a comprehensive, all-embracing picture of the life of 18th century England, combined with understanding of human psychology and criticism of social evils, together with full-blooded characters. Realistically depicted in brilliant, witty and highly artistic language. All this makes Tom Jones a master piece of English literature. Characters of Fielding’s works are portrayed in action, in dashes and in development. The features of Fielding’s novel are follows, His method of relating a story, which may be told directly by the author. Satire in his novels has two points, one is humorous satire, another is grim satire. Fielding believed in the educational function of the novel. He is the master of style, which is easy, unlabowed and familiar, but extremely vivid and vigorous.