Joseph Andrews (Folio Society Edition) – Henry Fielding

Dismissed from service for refusing the sexual advances of his mistress, the virtuous footman Joseph Andrews begins a picaresque journey home to his beloved Fanny. He is accompanied by the good-natured, bumbling Parson Adams, and their travels are a hilarious, mishap-filled quest through 18th-century England. Originally a satirical response to *Pamela*, Henry Fielding’s novel evolves into a comic romance that uses its heroes’ innocence and honesty to expose the pervasive hypocrisy and moral corruption of society.