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| Daniel Defoe. Fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. |
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| Dictionary of the English Language |
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| Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. |
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| Henry Fielding. A comic novel, one of the first that can be characterized as such. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. The hero is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy. He develops affection for his neighbour's daughter, Sophia Western. On one hand, their love reflects the romantic comedy genre that was popular in 18th-century Britain. |
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| The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams |
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| Henry Fielding, first published full-length novel. A ‘comic romance’, it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson |
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