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

About this film

LibriVox recording of The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, by Henry Fielding. Read by Denny Sayers. 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (140MB) Download M4B Part 2 (142MB)

Directors & creators

Henry Fielding

Subjects

librivox; audiobook; picaresque; historical fiction; satire; politics; criminals; thieves; 18th-century London

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