Amelia (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Fielding
- First Published: 1751
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1740’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Tricks, Prisoners, Prisons, Gambling, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Adultery, Moral conditions, Soldiers
- Locales: London, England, Wiltshire, England, Gibraltar
Characters Discussed
Amelia Harris Booth, a beautiful and virtuous young Englishwoman whose troubles begin when she marries William Booth, a young army officer, against her mother’s wishes. After the Gibraltar campaign, when her husband is on half- pay in an inactive status, Amelia’s life becomes a constant struggle against genteel poverty. Her beauty complicates matters, for several high-ranking men who might help her husband acquire a new command pursue her in hopes that she will capitulate to them in return for the help they can give. Amelia also faces the problem of her...
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