Amelia
By: by Henry Fielding ...
Series: Everymans's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Fiction. [no. 852-853]
Publisher: J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.; E. P. Dutton & co.
Published: 1930
Place of publication: London; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Married women -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Description: Against her mother's wishes, Amelia marries Captain William Booth, a young army officer, and runs away to London. William is unjustly imprisoned in Newgate, and is subsequently seduced by Miss Matthews. Amelia stays faithful to her husband and forgives his transgression, but William soon draws them into trouble again as he accrues gambling debts trying to lift the couple out of poverty.
Notes: "List of the works of Henry Fielding": v. 1, p. xiii.