The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great - Henry Fielding

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

von Henry Fielding

  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

Beschreibung

This book 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.