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

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

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