THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING
EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
JOSEPH ANDREWS
VOL. I.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. _Of writing lives in general, and particularly of Pamela, with a word by the bye of Colley Cibber and others_
CHAPTER II. _Of Mr Joseph Andrews, his birth, parentage, education, and great endowments, with a word or two concerning ancestors_
CHAPTER III. _Of Mr Abraham Adams the curate, Mrs Slipslop the chambermaid, and others_
CHAPTER IV. What happened after their journey to London
CHAPTER V. _The death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the affectionate and mournful behaviour of his widow, and the great purity of Joseph Andrews_
CHAPTER VI. How Joseph Andrews writ a letter to his sister Pamela
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_
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_
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_
CHAPTER X. _Joseph writes another letter; his transactions with Mr Peter Pounce, &c., with his departure from Lady Booby_
CHAPTER XI. Of several new matters not expected
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_
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_
CHAPTER XIV. Being very full of adventures which succeeded each other at the inn
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_
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_
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._
CHAPTER XVIII. _The history of Betty the chambermaid, and an account of what occasioned the violent scene in the preceding chapter_