Joseph Andrews

Henry Fielding

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Originally published in 1742, Henry Fielding's comic romp Joseph Andrews was one of the first novels written in English. It follows the adventures of a domestic servant, Joseph Andrews, and his friend and advisor, Abraham Adams, as the duo makes a long, ill-fated journey to visit Joseph's beloved, a sweet girl named Fanny.

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• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781776670734
• Langue: English

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JOSEPH ANDREWS
OR, THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS AND HIS FRIEND MR ABRAHAM ADAMS
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HENRY FIELDING
 
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Joseph Andrews Or, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr Abraham Adams First published in 1742 Epub ISBN 978-1-77667-073-4 Also available: PDF ISBN 978-1-77667-074-1 © 2014 The Floating Press and its licensors. All rights reserved. While every effort has been used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained in The Floating Press edition of this book, The Floating Press does not assume liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in this book. The Floating Press does not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance upon the accuracy or currency of information contained in this book. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. Many suitcases look alike. Visit www.thefloatingpress.com
Contents
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General Introduction Author's Preface BOOK I Chapter I - Of Writing Lives in General, and Particularly of Pamela; with a Word bythe Bye of Colley Cibber and Others Chapter II - Of Mr Joseph Andrews, His Birth, Parentage, Education, and GreatEndowments; with a Word or Two Concerning Ancestors Chapter III - Of Mr Abraham Adams the Curate, Mrs Slipslop the Chambermaid, andOthers Chapter IV - What Happened After Their Journey to London Chapter V - The Death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the Affectionate and MournfulBehaviour of His Widow, and the Great Purity of Joseph Andrews Chapter VI - How Joseph Andrews Writ a Letter to His Sister Pamela Chapter VII - Sayings of Wise Men. A Dialogue Between the Lady and Her Maid; and aPanegyric, or Rather Satire, on the Passion of Love, in theSublime Style Chapter VIII - In Which, After Some Very Fine Writing, the History Goes on, andRelates the Interview Between the Lady and Joseph; Where the Latter HathSet an Example Which We Despair of Seeing Followed by His Sex in thisVicious Age Chapter IX - What Passed Between the Lady and Mrs Slipslop; in Which We Prophesythere Are Some Strokes Which Every One Will Not Truly Comprehend at theFirst Reading Chapter X - Joseph Writes Another Letter: His Transactions with Mr Peter Pounce,&c., with His Departure from Lady Booby Chapter XI - Of Several New Matters Not Expected Chapter XII - Containing Many Surprizing Adventures Which Joseph Andrews Met with onthe Road, Scarce Credible to Those Who Have Never Travelled in aStage-Coach Chapter XIII - What Happened to Joseph During His Sickness at the Inn, with theCurious Discourse Between Him and Mr Barnabas, the Parson ofthe Parish Chapter XIV - Being Very Full of Adventures Which Succeeded Each Other at the Inn Chapter XV - Showing How Mrs Tow-Wouse was a Little Mollified; and How Officious MrBarnabas and the Surgeon Were to Prosecute the Thief: With aDissertation Accounting for Their Zeal, and that of Many Other PersonsNot Mentioned in this History Chapter XVI - The Escape of the Thief. Mr Adams's Disappointment. The Arrival ofTwo Very Extraordinary Personages, and the Introduction of Parson Adamsto Parson Barnabas Chapter XVII - A Pleasant Discourse Between the Two Parsons and the Bookseller, Whichwas Broke Off by an Unlucky Accident Happening in the Inn, WhichProduced a Dialogue Between Mrs Tow-Wouse and Her Maid of NoGentle Kind Chapter XVIII - The History of Betty the Chambermaid, and an Account of What Occasionedthe Violent Scene in the Preceding Chapter BOOK II Chapter I - Of Divisions in Authors Chapter II - A Surprizing Instance of Mr Adams's Short Memory, with the UnfortunateConsequences Which it Brought on Joseph Chapter III - The Opinion of Two Lawyers Concerning the Same Gentleman, with MrAdams's Inquiry into the Religion of His Host Chapter IV - The History of Leonora, or the Unfortunate Jilt Chapter V - A Dreadful Quarrel Which Happened at the Inn Where the Company Dined,with its Bloody Consequences to Mr Adams Chapter VI - Conclusion of the Unfortunate Jilt Chapter VII - A Very Short Chapter, in Which Parson Adams Went a Great Way Chapter VIII - A Notable Dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; Wherein that GentlemanAppears in a Political Light Chapter IX - In Which the Gentleman Discants on Bravery and Heroic Virtue, till anUnlucky Accident Puts an End to the Discourse Chapter X - Giving an Account of the Strange Catastrophe of the PrecedingAdventure, Which Drew Poor Adams into Fresh Calamities; and Who theWoman was Who Owed the Preservation of Her Chastity to HisVictorious Arm Chapter XI - What Happened to Them While Before the Justice. A Chapter Very Full ofLearning Chapter XII - A Very Delightful Adventure, as Well to the Persons Concerned as to theGood-Natured Reader Chapter XIII - A Dissertation Concerning High People and Low People, with MrsSlipslop's Departure in No Very Good Temper of Mind, and the Evil Plightin Which She Left Adams and His Company Chapter XIV - An Interview Between Parson Adams and Parson Trulliber Chapter XV - An Adventure, the Consequence of a New Instance Which Parson Adams Gaveof His Forgetfulness Chapter XVI - A Very Curious Adventure, in Which Mr Adams Gave a Much GreaterInstance of the Honest Simplicity of His Heart, than of His Experiencein the Ways of this World Chapter XVII - A Dialogue Between Mr Abraham Adams and His Host, Which, by theDisagreement in Their Opinions, Seemed to Threaten an UnluckyCatastrophe, Had it Not Been Timely Prevented by the Return ofthe Lovers BOOK III Chapter I - Matter Prefatory in Praise of Biography Chapter II - A Night Scene, Wherein Several Wonderful Adventures Befel Adams and HisFellow-Travellers Chapter III - In Which the Gentleman Relates the History of His Life Chapter IV - A Description of Mr Wilson's Way of Living. The Tragical Adventure ofthe Dog, and Other Grave Matters Chapter V - A Disputation on Schools Held on the Road Between Mr Abraham Adams andJoseph; and a Discovery Not Unwelcome to Them Both Chapter VI - Moral Reflections by Joseph Andrews; with the Hunting Adventure, andParson Adams's Miraculous Escape Chapter VII - A Scene of Roasting, Very Nicely Adapted to the Present Tasteand Times Chapter VIII - Which Some Readers Will Think Too Short and Others Too Long Chapter IX - Containing as Surprizing and Bloody Adventures as Can Be Found in thisor Perhaps Any Other Authentic History Chapter X - A Discourse Between the Poet and the Player; of No Other Use in thisHistory but to Divert the Reader Chapter XI - Containing the Exhortations of Parson Adams to His Friend inAffliction; Calculated for the Instruction and Improvement of theReader Chapter XII - More Adventures, Which We Hope Will as Much Please as Surprizethe Reader Chapter XIII - A Curious Dialogue Which Passed Between Mr Abraham Adams and Mr PeterPounce, Better Worth Reading than All the Works of Colley Cibber andMany Others BOOK IV Chapter I - The Arrival of Lady Booby and the Rest at Booby-Hall Chapter II - A Dialogue Between Mr Abraham Adams and the Lady Booby Chapter III - What Passed Between the Lady and Lawyer Scout Chapter IV - A Short Chapter, but Very Full of Matter; Particularly the Arrival ofMr Booby and His Lady Chapter V - Containing Justice Business; Curious Precedents of Depositions, andOther Matters Necessary to Be Perused by All Justices of the Peace andTheir Clerks Chapter VI - Of Which You Are Desired to Read No More than You Like Chapter VII - Philosophical Reflections, the Like Not to Be Found in Any LightFrench Romance. Mr Booby's Grave Advice to Joseph, and Fanny'sEncounter with a Beau Chapter VIII - A Discourse Which Happened Between Mr Adams, Mrs Adams, Joseph, andFanny; with Some Behaviour of Mr Adams Which Will Be Called by Some FewReaders Very Low, Absurd, and Unnatural Chapter IX - A Visit Which the Polite Lady Booby and Her Polite Friend Paid tothe Parson Chapter X - The History of Two Friends, Which May Afford an Useful Lesson to AllThose Persons Who Happen to Take up Their Residence in MarriedFamilies Chapter XI - In Which the History is Continued Chapter XII - Where the Good-Natured Reader Will See Something Which Will Give Him NoGreat Pleasure Chapter XIII - The History, Returning to the Lady Booby, Gives Some Account of theTerrible Conflict in Her Breast Between Love and Pride; with WhatHappened on the Present Discovery Chapter XIV - Containing Several Curious Night-Adventures, in Which Mr Adams Fellinto Many Hair-Breadth 'Scapes, Partly Owing to His Goodness, and Partlyto His Inadvertency Chapter XV - The Arrival of Gaffar and Gammar Andrews, with Another Person NotMuch Expected; and a Perfect Solution of the Difficulties Raised bythe Pedlar Chapter XVI - Being the Last in Which this True History is Brought to a HappyConclusion Endnotes
General Introduction
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There are few amusements more dangerous for an author than theindulgence in ironic descriptions of his own work. If the irony isdepreciatory, posterity is but too likely to say, "Many a true word isspoken in jest;" if it is encomiastic, the same ruthless and ungratefulcritic is but too likely to take it as an involuntary confession offolly and vanity. But when Fielding, in one of his serio-comicintroductions to Tom Jones , described it as "this prodigious work," heall unintentionally (for he was the least pretentious of men)anticipated the verdict which posterity almost at once, and withever-increasing suffrage of the best judges as time went on, was aboutto pass not merely upon this particular book, but upon his whole geniusand his whole production as a novelist. His work in other kinds is of avery different order of excellence. It is sufficiently interesting attimes in itself; and always more than sufficiently interesting as his;for which reasons, as well as for the further one that it iscomparatively little known, a considerable selection from it is offeredto the reader in the last two volumes of this edition. Until the presentoccasion (which made it necessary that I should acquaint myself withit) I own that my own knowledge of these