Joseph Andrews & Shamela - Couverture souple

Fielding, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140433864 ISBN 13 : 9780140433869

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

SHAMELA is a brilliant parody of Samuel Richardson's PAMELA, in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. Fielding's far more spirited and sexually honest heroine, by contrast, merely uses coyness and mock modesty as techniques to catch a rich husband. JOSEPH ANDREWS, Fielding's first full-length novel, can also be seen as a response to Richardson, as the lascivious Lady Booby sets out to seduce her comically chaste servant Joseph, (himself in love with the much-put-upon Fanny Goodwill). As in Tom Jones, Fielding takes a huge cast of characters out on the road and exposes them to many colourful and often hilarious adventures.

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À propos de l'auteur

Henry Fielding (1707 - 54) started his career as a playwright until his outspoken satirical plays so annoyed Walpole's Government that a new Licensing Act was introduced to drive him from the stage. He turned to writing various 'comic epics in prose', including SHAMELA (1741), JOSEPH ANDREWS (1742) and TOM JONES (1749). A master innovator, he is credited with creating the first modern novels in English. Judith Hawley is a lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140433864
• ISBN 13: 9780140433869
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Hawley Judith
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