Police, a Brief History of British ... Nov 7, 2009
In 1750 Henry Fielding, novelist and Chief Justice of Westminster, set up the Bow Street Runners, their numbers started with just six police officers, by the end of the eighteen century their numbers had risen to approximately seventy. Debate continued during the early part of the nineteenth century as to the importance of a police force in England. (Suite101.com)
5Top: Movies that revolve around eating Jul 23, 2009
Thats the premise behind the most famous scene from this ribald Best Picture winner, starring Albert Finney as the rakish hero from the classic novel by Henry Fielding. Toms most memorable seduction involves him sitting across a well-laden table from a saucy wench (Joyce Redman): As the two slurp oysters, tear into pheasants and chomp various roast meats, they lasciviously eye each other and turn the feast into one huge double entendre. (MSNBC -- News)
Joy Fielding takes readers' questions Apr 7, 2009
She changed her name to Joy Fielding as an homage to the English writer Henry Fielding (author of Tom Jones). Her first novel, The Best of Friends, was published in 1972, was well received, and the New York Times called her 1981 novel Kiss Mommy Goodbye a knockout. (Globe and Mail)
A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) is best known for his comic novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749), considered to be among the first novels written in English. Tom Jones exhibits Fielding s satirical and often earthy style. (Suite101.com)
Favorite Quotes About Journalism an... Mar 19, 2009
"A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not." Henry Fielding. "A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction." Graham Greene. (Suite101.com)
