He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires.
He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires. His first novel was _The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great_, a satire in which he compared Robert Walpole to the famous highwayman. As a Justice of the Peace he issued a warrant for the arrest of Colley Cibber for the murder of the English language. His first successful novel was _Shamela_, a parody of Samuel Richardson's _Pamela_, which he followed up with _Joseph Andrews_, another parody which outstripped _Pamela_ in popularity. FTP, who is this 18th Century English writer best known for his picaresque novel, _Tom Jones_?
He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires.
Henry Fielding