«... no one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.» (Tom Jones, Book VII, Chapter VI) ~ #BornOnThisDay: #HenryFielding (1707-1754), 18th-century English novelist, dramatist and magistrate known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and, as the author of Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews, considered a founder of the English novel and earned acclaim for helping establish the foundations of the modern novel alongside Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson. ~ Best-known works: • Shamela (1741, novella) • Joseph Andrews (1742, novel) • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749, novel) ~ «For what demonstrates the beauty and excellence of anything but its reverse? Thus the beauty of day, and that of summer, is set off by the horrors of night and winter. And, I believe, if it was possible for a man to have seen only the two former, he would have a very imperfect idea of their beauty.» (Tom Jones, Book V, Chapter I) ~ «“Out of love to yourself, you should confine yourself to truth,” says Adams, “for by doing otherwise you injure the noblest part of yourself, your immortal soul. I can hardly believe any man such an idiot to risque the loss of that by any trifling gain, and the greatest gain in this world is but dirt in comparison of what shall be revealed hereafter.”» (Joseph Andrews, Book II, Chapter III) ~ #birthday #Fielding #TomJones #JosephAndrews #Shamela #TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling #Amelia #JonathanWild #englishnovel #book #books #reading #bookstagram #instabook #literature #bibliophile #booklove #bookworm #booklion #booknerd #igreads #bookclub #novel #novelist #bookish #bookaddict #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B_RfDbeAPhg/?igshid=18ld3vltx31m8