What does /lit/ think of Henry Fielding?

>>7732148
not as good as laurence sterne, but better than tobias smollett.

not as good as samuel richardson, but better than daniel defoe

>>7732148
not as good as cub cadet, but better than s club 7

Not as good as Beckett, but definitely better than O'(HE WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME) Brien.

I like the chapter when Tom Jones thinks that he has slept with his mom.

>>7732148
Ehh I just read this last week. The satire is still amusing some three centuries down the line, which is more than can be said for a lot of contemporary satirists who were caught up with lampooning specific figures and events which are now forgotten.