‘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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Joseph Andrews and Shamela (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Henry, Fielding

Dramas & Plays

Penguin??Books

The story of William Booth, a penniless young officer who runs away with Amelia against her mother's wishes. The poverty of the couple and Booth's weakness of character lead to a series of misfortunes. Then the couple learn that Amelia is the rightful heir to her mother's property.

Amelia (penguin Classics)

Written by the author of "Amelia", this novel takes its wide-eyed hero from innocence to experience through inns and bedrooms from Somerset to London and back, while at the same time continuing a farcical debate about the true nature of the novelist's art.

Tom Jones (Penguin Popular Classics)

Genre Fiction

PENGUIN POPULAR CLASSICS

Henry Fielding was an 18th century English writer who was very popular in his day, especially for his humorous and satirical writings. His most famous novel is The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a comic novel that often makes people's lists of the most influential works in the English language.  One of Fielding's most famous works is Joseph Andrews, a voluminous two part novel that includes some of his trademark comedy.

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams: And, an Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews

Oxford University Press

This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the social and cultural mores of the time. Fielding's The Modern Husband, written before the 1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment, depicts wife-pandering and widespread social corruption. In Garrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage two lovers marry in defiance of parental wishes and rue the consequences. She Stoops to Conquer explores the comic and not-so-comic consequences of mistaken identity, and in Wild Oats, the strolling player Rover is a beacon of hope at a time of unrest. Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts, critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies (Oxford World's Classics)

John O'Keeffe

David, Garrick

George, Colman

Oliver, Goldsmith

The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12: Miscellanies, Volume Two (Classic Reprint)

Biographies & Memoirs

Forgotten Books

Tom Jones (Stories to Remember)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Macmillan Education Ltd.

Bro;Joseph Andrews

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The Complete Works of Henry Fielding: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author

History

HardPress Limited

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

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