Henry Fielding · 1742
64 chapters · 123,549 words
Book I, Chapter I: Of Writing Lives in General, and Particularly of Pamela, with a Word by the Bye of Colley Cibber and Others
Book I, Chapter II: Of Mr Joseph Andrews, His Birth, Parentage, Education, and Great Endowments, with a Word or Two Concerning Ancestors
Book I, Chapter III: Of Mr Abraham Adams the Curate, Mrs Slipslop the Chambermaid, and Others
Book I, Chapter IV: What Happened After Their Journey to London
Book I, Chapter V: The Death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the Affectionate and Mournful Behaviour of His Widow, and the Great Purity of Joseph Andrews
Book I, Chapter VI: How Joseph Andrews Writ a Letter to His Sister Pamela
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book I, Chapter X: Joseph Writes Another Letter; His Transactions with Mr Peter Pounce, &c., with His Departure from Lady Booby
Book I, Chapter XI: Of Several New Matters Not Expected
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book I, Chapter XIV: Being Very Full of Adventures Which Succeeded Each Other at the Inn
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book I, 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
Book II, Chapter II: A Surprizing Instance of Mr Adams's Short Memory, with the Unfortunate Consequences Which It Brought on Joseph
Book II, Chapter III: The Opinion of Two Lawyers Concerning the Same Gentleman, with Mr Adams's Inquiry into the Religion of His Host
Book II, Chapter IV: The History of Leonora, or the Unfortunate Jilt
Book II, Chapter V: A Dreadful Quarrel Which Happened at the Inn Where the Company Dined, with Its Bloody Consequences to Mr Adams
Book II, Chapter VI: Conclusion of the Unfortunate Jilt
Book II, Chapter VII: A Very Short Chapter, in Which Parson Adams Went a Great Way
Book II, Chapter VIII: A Notable Dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; Wherein That Gentleman Appears in a Political Light
Book II, Chapter IX: In Which the Gentleman Discants on Bravery and Heroic Virtue, Till an Unlucky Accident Puts an End to the Discourse
Book II, 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
Book II, Chapter XI: What Happened to Them While Before the Justice. A Chapter Very Full of Learning
Book II, Chapter XII: A Very Delightful Adventure, as Well to the Persons Concerned as to the Good-natured Reader
Book II, Chapter XIII: A Dissertation Concerning High People and Low People, with Mrs Slipslop's Departure in No Very Good Temper of Mind, and the Evil Plight in Which She Left Adams and His Company
Book II, Chapter XIV: An Interview Between Parson Adams and Parson Trulliber
Book II, Chapter XV: An Adventure, the Consequence of a New Instance Which Parson Adams Gave of His Forgetfulness
Book II, Chapter XVI: A Very Curious Adventure, in Which Mr Adams Gave a Much Greater Instance of the Honest Simplicity of His Heart, than of His Experience in the Ways of This World
Book II, Chapter XVII: A Dialogue Between Mr Abraham Adams and His Host, Which, by the Disagreement in Their Opinions, Seemed to Threaten an Unlucky Catastrophe, Had It Not Been Timely Prevented by the Return of the Lovers
Book III, Chapter I: Matter Prefatory in Praise of Biography
Book III, Chapter II: A Night Scene, Wherein Several Wonderful Adventures Befel Adams and His Fellow-travellers
Book III, Chapter III: In Which the Gentleman Relates the History of His Life
Book III, Chapter IV: A Description of Mr Wilson's Way of Living. The Tragical Adventure of the Dog, and Other Grave Matters
Book III, Chapter V: A Disputation on Schools Held on the Road Between Mr Abraham Adams and Joseph; and a Discovery Not Unwelcome to Them Both
Book III, Chapter VI: Moral Reflections by Joseph Andrews; with the Hunting Adventure, and Parson Adams's Miraculous Escape
Book III, Chapter VII: A Scene of Roasting, Very Nicely Adapted to the Present Taste and Times
Book III, Chapter VIII: Which Some Readers Will Think Too Short and Others Too Long
Book III, Chapter IX: Containing as Surprizing and Bloody Adventures as Can Be Found in This or Perhaps Any Other Authentic History
Book III, Chapter X: A Discourse Between the Poet and the Player; of No Other Use in This History but to Divert the Reader
Book III, Chapter XI: Containing the Exhortations of Parson Adams to His Friend in Affliction; Calculated for the Instruction and Improvement of the Reader
Book III, Chapter XII: More Adventures, Which We Hope Will as Much Please as Surprize the Reader
Book III, Chapter XIII: A Curious Dialogue Which Passed Between Mr Abraham Adams and Mr Peter Pounce, Better Worth Reading than All the Works of Colley Cibber and Many Others
Book IV, Chapter I: The Arrival of Lady Booby and the Rest at Booby-hall
Book IV, Chapter II: A Dialogue Between Mr Abraham Adams and the Lady Booby
Book IV, Chapter III: What Passed Between the Lady and Lawyer Scout
Book IV, Chapter IV: A Short Chapter, but Very Full of Matter; Particularly the Arrival of Mr Booby and His Lady
Book IV, Chapter V: Containing Justice Business; Curious Precedents of Depositions, and Other Matters Necessary to Be Perused by All Justices of the Peace and Their Clerks
Book IV, Chapter VI: Of Which You Are Desired to Read No More than You Like
Book IV, Chapter VII: Philosophical Reflections, the Like Not to Be Found in Any Light French Romance. Mr Booby's Grave Advice to Joseph, and Fanny's Encounter with a Beau
Book IV, Chapter VIII: A Discourse Which Happened Between Mr Adams, Mrs Adams, Joseph, and Fanny, with Some Behaviour of Mr Adams Which Will Be Called by Some Few Readers Very Low, Absurd, and Unnatural
Book IV, Chapter IX: A Visit Which the Polite Lady Booby and Her Polite Friend Paid to the Parson
Book IV, Chapter X: The History of Two Friends, Which May Afford an Useful Lesson to All Those Persons Who Happen to Take up Their Residence in Married Families
Book IV, Chapter XI: In Which the History Is Continued
Book IV, Chapter XII: Where the Good-natured Reader Will See Something Which Will Give Him No Great Pleasure
Book IV, Chapter XIII: The History, Returning to the Lady Booby, Gives Some Account of the Terrible Conflict in Her Breast Between Love and Pride, with What Happened on the Present Discovery
Book IV, Chapter XIV: Containing Several Curious Night-adventures, in Which Mr Adams Fell into Many Hair-breadth Scapes, Partly Owing to His Goodness, and Partly to His Inadvertency
Book IV, Chapter XV: The Arrival of Gaffar and Gammar Andrews with Another Person Not Much Expected, and a Perfect Solution of the Difficulties Raised by the Pedlar
Book IV, Chapter XVI: Being the Last. In Which This True History Is Brought to a Happy Conclusion