by Henry Fielding · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140431148
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«Joseph Andrews» is Henry Fielding's satirical novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Originally published in 1742, the work parodies «Pamela» by Samuel Richardson. Fielding takes his characters on a journey through England and, among lascivious women, thieves, hypocrites and fools, composes a vivid satire of mid-eighteenth-century Georgian England.
Originally published in 1742 under the title «The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams», this Penguin Classics edition is edited by R. F. Brissenden.
For readers of English literary classics and eighteenth-century satires.
Henry Fielding was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) and Amelia (1751). Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. As well as being a novelist, Fielding was also a playwright, known for his satirical comedies The Author's Farce (1730), Tom Thumb (1730), The Letter Writers (1731) and The Tragedy of Tragedies (1731). He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force.
