Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews
ISBN-10
0486110826
ISBN-13
9780486110820
Series
Joseph Andrews
Category
Fiction
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2012-05-04
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Author
Henry Fielding

Description

First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.

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