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Joseph Andrews ✪

: Fielding defines this unique genre in his preface, combining the structural elements of an epic—such as high diction and heroic journeys—with comic characters and everyday prose.

: Fielding critiques the vanity and hypocrisy of the upper classes, contrasting their "false kindness" with the genuine Christian charity of the lower-status characters. Plot Summary Joseph Andrews

, full title The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams , is a seminal 18th-century novel by Henry Fielding , first published in 1742. Originally conceived as a parody of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela , the work evolved into a distinct "comic epic poem in prose" that satirizes the hypocrisy and social rigidities of 18th-century English society. Core Literary Foundations : Fielding defines this unique genre in his

: Fielding defines this unique genre in his preface, combining the structural elements of an epic—such as high diction and heroic journeys—with comic characters and everyday prose.

: Fielding critiques the vanity and hypocrisy of the upper classes, contrasting their "false kindness" with the genuine Christian charity of the lower-status characters. Plot Summary

, full title The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams , is a seminal 18th-century novel by Henry Fielding , first published in 1742. Originally conceived as a parody of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela , the work evolved into a distinct "comic epic poem in prose" that satirizes the hypocrisy and social rigidities of 18th-century English society. Core Literary Foundations