The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams (or just Joseph Andrews) is a novel written by Henry Fielding. Released in 1742, it is Fielding's first novel and tells of its titular protagonists' adventures through England.
Characters[]
- Joseph Andrews
- Abraham Adams (or Parson Adams)
- Lady Booby
- Fanny Goodwill
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Publisher's summary[]
'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?'
Henry Fielding's first full-length novel, Joseph Andrews 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. The novel anticipates Fielding's great comic epic Tom Jones, with its amiable good humour and pointed social satire.
Quotes[]
- Adams dealt him so sound a Compliment over his Face with his Fist, that the Blood immediately gushed out of his Nose in a Stream. The Host being unwilling to be outdone in Courtesy, especially by a Person of Adams's Figure, returned the Favour with so much Gratitude, that the Parson's Nostrils likewise began to look a little redder than usual.
Sources[]
- Wikipedia
- Goodreads