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Joseph Andrews / Shamela
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"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... read more

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Madam, It will be naturally expected, that when I write the Life of Shamela, I should dedicate it to some young Lady, whose Wit and Beauty might be the proper Subject of a Comparison with the Heroine of my Piece.

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This book is in LMU Anglistik Syllabus. (authoritative list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)

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  1. Henry Fielding (Author)

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