| Title | : | The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great |
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| Author | : | Henry Fielding |
| Release | : | 2012-06-19 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books |
| Size | : | 230597 |
| 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. |
