“They are the affectation of affectation.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book III, Ch. 3
Joseph Andrews (1742)
Quotes from bookJoseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams.
“Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book IV, Ch. 6
Joseph Andrews (1742)
“The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Author's Preface
Joseph Andrews (1742)
“I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book III, Ch. 1
Joseph Andrews (1742)
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Abraham Adams, speaking of his host, Wilson.
Book III, Ch. 5
Joseph Andrews (1742)
“To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book II, Ch. 8
Joseph Andrews (1742)
“It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book I, Ch. 1
Joseph Andrews (1742)
