A review by bookmarish
Joseph Andrews & Shamela by Henry Fielding

3.0

This novel by Fielding was part of a parody in answer to Richardson's "Pamela", and follows the Don Quixote-like adventures of a gaggle of characters traveling together in the English countryside. Themes such as the importance of charity, social status, and academic learning vs. world experience crop up in this meandering 18th century self-aware novel.