List of Works
- An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753). A social satire that was originally published anonymously and sold well, with ten editions being published between 1753 and 1811.
- The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable (1754), by Collier and Sarah Fielding. A complex work describing the struggle of its heroines against the 'spiteful and malicious tongues' of an unprincipled society.
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