Was the Father of English Fictions Defoe or Henry Fielding?
Was the father of the English novel Defoe or Henry Fielding? Therefore, it was difficult for the two of them to simply answer who was the "father of the British novel." Defoe was a famous British novelist and explorer in the 19th century. His representative works included Madam Bovary and The Catcher in the Rye. His works played an important role in criticizing and reflecting the 19th century British society with humor, irony and dystopia as the theme. Henry Fielding was also a famous British novelist in the 19th century. His representative works included Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre. His works were regarded as one of the pioneers of modern British novels by describing the bottom of society and exposing the injustice of society at that time. Although Defoe and Henry Fielding both had an important influence on the development of British novels, their styles and subjects were different, so it was impossible to simply put them into the same category. It could be said that the development of English novels was a long-term process.
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