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Joseph Andrews is the brother of Richardson's Pamela and is of the same rustic parentage and patchy ancestry. At the age of 10, he found himself tending animals as an apprentice to Sir Thomas Booby. In proving his worth as a horseman, he caught the eye of Sir Thomas's wife, Lady Booby, who now employs him (age 17) as her footman.
Literary devices: View all. The narrator of the story introduces Joseph Andrews, who is the brother of a famously virtuous woman named Pamela. Joseph is a capable, handsome boy who ends up tending animals for Sir Thomas Booby. There, he attracts the attention of Lady Booby, who makes Joseph her footman.
Joseph Andrews, novel by Henry Fielding, published in 1742. It was written as a reaction against Samuel Richardson ’s novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740). Fielding portrayed Joseph Andrews as the brother of Pamela Andrews, the heroine of Richardson’s novel.
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Joseph Andrews (full title: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams) is a novel written by Henry Fielding and published in 1742. This book is one of the first novels written in English, and Fielding described the work as a comic epic poem in prose.
Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and literary devices of Joseph Andrews, a parody of Samuel Richardson's Pamela. Find out the historical and biographical context of the novel and its author, Henry Fielding.
Of Mr Joseph Andrews, his birth, parentage, education, and great endowments; with a word or two concerning ancestors. Mr Joseph Andrews, the hero of our ensuing history, was esteemed to be the only son of Gaffar and Gammer Andrews, and brother to the illustrious Pamela, whose virtue is at present so famous.
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Joseph Andrews is a picaresque novel of the road, imitating Cervantes' Don Quixote. It follows the adventures of Joseph, Fanny, and Adams, who face hypocrisy, greed, and confusion in London and the country.
