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Joseph Andrews and Shamela

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Joseph Andrews and Shamela

by Fielding, Henry

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ISBN 10
0192815504
ISBN 13
9780192815507
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New York: Oxford, 1980. Edition Not Specified. Very Good+/No DJ. 16 mo= 6-7 inches. n/a. Printing Not Spec. Mass Market Paperback, General Fiction

Synopsis

‘Kissing, Joseph, is but a Prologue to a Play. Can I believe a young Fellow of your Age and Complexion will be content with Kissing?’ Joseph Andrews , Henry Fielding’s first full-length novel, depicts the many colourful and often hilarious adventures of a comically chaste servant. After being sacked for spurning the lascivious Lady Booby, Joseph takes to the road, accompanied by his beloved Fanny Goodwill, a much-put-upon foundling girl, and Parson Adams, a man often duped and humiliated, but still a model of Christian charity. In the boisterous short tale Shamela , a brilliant parody of Richardson’s Pamela , the spirited and sexually honest heroine uses coyness and mock modesty to catch herself a rich husband. Together these works anticipate Fielding’s great comic epic Tom Jones , with their amiable good humour and pointed social satire. Judith Hawley’s introduction compares the works of Fielding and Richardson, and discusses sex and class relations, and the literary and political world of the time. This volume also includes a chronology and suggestions for further reading.

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
F44117
Title
Joseph Andrews and Shamela
Author
Fielding, Henry
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Edition
Edition Not Specified
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0192815504
ISBN 13
9780192815507
Publisher
Oxford
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1980
Pages
391pp
Size
16 mo= 6-7 inches
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