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Author
Series
Riverside editions ; B53
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
The first novel of English magistrate Henry Fielding, "Joseph Andrews" was written in 1742 as a complete extension of the author's pamphlet "Shamela". The latter contains an impressively coarse parody of "Pamela", the Samuel Richardson novel that rewards a servant girl with marriage for protecting her virtue. Shamela, however, utilizes a coy and artificial modesty to procure for herself a husband of wealth. Fielding went on to write "Joseph Andrews",...
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors ; 454
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English