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AuthorHenryHitchingsexploresthelivesandworksofBritain'sradicalandpioneering18th-centurynovelistswho,injust80years,establishedalltheliterarygenreswerecognisetoday.ItwasagoldenageofcreativityledbyDanielDefoe,JonathanSwift,HenryFielding,LaurenceSterne,FannyBurneyandWilliamGodwin,amongstothers.RobinsonCrusoe,MollFlanders,Gulliver'sTravels,TomJonesandTristramShandyarenovelsthatstillsparklewithaudacityandinnovation. Onhisjourneythrough18th-centuryfiction,Hitchingsrevealshowthenovelwasmorethanmereentertainment,itwasalsoasubversivehand-grenadethatwouldchangeBritishsocietyforthebetter.HetravelsfromthehomesofBritain'sgreatandgoodtoitslowliestprisons,meetingcontemporarywriterslikeMartinAmis,WillSelf,TomMcCarthyandJennyUglowontheway. Although18th-centurynovelsarewoefullyneglectedtodaycomparedtothoseofthefollowingtwocenturies,Hitchingsshowshowthebestofthemcanofferasmuchpleasuretothereaderasanymodernclassic