by Henry Fielding · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422646457
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«Joseph Andrews» is Henry Fielding's satirical novel, published by FisicalBook in paperback, in Spanish.
After rejecting his mistress, Lady Booby, the young servant Joseph Andrews sets out with Parson Adams in search of his beloved Fanny. During the journey, the encounters with 18th-century English society reveal hypocrisy and affectation, which Fielding satirizes with humor and realism in this novel of adventure and moral criticism.
The work was originally published in 1742; this Spanish edition is from 1997.
For readers of classics of English literature and of 18th-century social satire.
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.
