Category: Book Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews is a young and good-looking footman who works for Sir Thomas Booby. Lady Booby, the wife of his employer, is attracted to him sexually and starts to show him her affection. The other person who is interested in Joseph, though in more spiritual sense, is Mr. Abraham Adams who sees the great potential…

Joseph Andrew as a Work of Satire Joseph Andrew was written by Fielding to satirise some of the more commonly found social follies and foibles in the contemporary society. Irony and satire are closely related literary terms. Fielding was avowedly writing a book in which he was to hold the mirror up to human folly.…