Joseph Andrews, vol 1

Joseph Andrews, vol 1

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Title: Joseph Andrews Vol. 1
Author: Henry Fielding
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THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING
EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOL. I.

JOSEPH ANDREWS
VOL. I.

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.
_Of writing lives in general, and particularly of Pamela, with a word by the bye of Colley Cibber and others_

CHAPTER II.
_Of Mr Joseph Andrews, his birth, parentage, education, and great endowments, with a word or two concerning ancestors_

CHAPTER III.
_Of Mr Abraham Adams the curate, Mrs Slipslop the chambermaid, and others_

CHAPTER IV.
What happened after their journey to London
CHAPTER V.
_The death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the affectionate and mournful behaviour of his widow, and the great purity of Joseph Andrews_

CHAPTER VI.
How Joseph Andrews writ a letter to his sister Pamela
CHAPTER VII.
_Sayings of wise men. A dialogue between the lady and her maid; and a panegyric, or rather satire, on the passion of love, in the sublime style_

CHAPTER VIII.
_In which, after some very fine writing, the history goes on, and relates the interview between the lady and Joseph; where the latter hath set an example which we despair of seeing followed by his sex in this vicious age_

CHAPTER IX.
_What passed between the lady and Mrs Slipslop; in which we prophesy there are some strokes which every one will not truly comprehend at the first reading_

CHAPTER X.
_Joseph writes another letter; his transactions with Mr Peter Pounce, &c., with his departure from Lady Booby_

CHAPTER XI.
Of several new matters not expected
CHAPTER XII.
_Containing many surprizing adventures which Joseph Andrews met with on the road, scarce credible to those who have never travelled in a stage-coach_

CHAPTER XIII.
_What happened to Joseph during his sickness at the inn, with the curious discourse between him and Mr Barnabas, the parson of the parish_

CHAPTER XIV.
Being very full of adventures which succeeded each other at the inn
CHAPTER XV.
_Showing how Mrs Tow-wouse was a little mollified; and how officious Mr Barnabas and the surgeon were to prosecute the thief: with a dissertation accounting for their zeal, and that of many other persons not mentioned in this history_

CHAPTER XVI.
_The escape of the thief. Mr Adams's disappointment. The arrival of two very extraordinary personages, and the introduction of parson Adams to parson Barnabas_

CHAPTER XVII.
_A pleasant discourse between the two parsons and the bookseller, which was broke off by an unlucky accident happening in the inn, which produced a dialogue between Mrs Tow-wouse and her maid of no gentle kind._

CHAPTER XVIII.
_The history of Betty the chambermaid, and an account of what occasioned the violent scene in the preceding chapter_
BOOK II.

CHAPTER I.
Of Divisions in Authors
CHAPTER II.
_A surprizing instance of Mr Adams's short memory, with the unfortunate consequences which it brought on Joseph_

CHAPTER III.
_The opinion of two lawyers concerning the same gentleman, with Mr Adams's inquiry into the religion of his host_

CHAPTER IV.
_The history of Leonora, or the unfortunate jilt_

CHAPTER V.
_A dreadful quarrel which happened at the inn where the company dined, with its bloody consequences to Mr Adams_

CHAPTER VI.
Conclusion of the unfortunate jilt
CHAPTER VII.
_A very short chapter, in which parson Adams went a great way_

CHAPTER VIII.
_A notable dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; wherein that gentleman appears in a political light_

CHAPTER IX.
_In which the gentleman discants on bravery and heroic virtue, till an unlucky accident puts an end to the discourse_

CHAPTER X.
_Giving an account of the strange catastrophe of the preceding adventure, which drew poor Adams into fresh calamities; and who the woman was who owed the preservation of her chastity to his victorious arm_

CHAPTER XI.
_What happened to them while before the justice. A chapter very full of learning_

CHAPTER XII.
_A very delightful adventure, as well to the persons concerned as to the good-natured reader_

CHAPTER XIII.
_A dissertation concerning high people and low people, with Mrs Slipslop's