Joseph Andrews And Shamela: Henry Fielding (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Fielding, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857151135 ISBN 13: 9781857151138

Publisher: Everyman, 1998

Synopsis

Fielding's satire on Richardsons's Pamela has survived its model in popularity for obvious reasons: the combination of breezy comedy, knockabout farce, lively narrative and vigorous satire is irresistible. But above all, it is the character of Parson Adams who continues to breathe life into the story, imbued as he is with so much of Fielding's own generosity, humanity and warm-heartedness. Conceived as a literary parody, Joseph Andrews (1742) rises triumphantly above its original purpose as a great novel in its own right. It is paired with the splendidly bawdy (Shamela 1741), another skit on Pamela. The explanatory notes are by Professor A. R. Humphreys. The Everyman edition is recognised as the definitive edition.

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Synopsis:

Begun as a parody of Richardson''s moralistic and sentimental novel Pamela, Joseph Andrews grew under Fie lding''s hand into a satirical fiction in its own right. In t he story, the virtuous hero is overshadowed by the rumbustio us figure of Parson Adams. '

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857151135
• ISBN 13: 9781857151138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448