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
BOOK II.
CHAPTER
I.
Of Divisions in Authors
CHAPTER
II.
A surprizing instance of Mr Adams's short memory, with
the unfortunate consequences which it brought on Joseph
CHAPTER
III.
The opinion of two lawyers concerning the same
gentleman, with Mr Adams's inquiry into the religion of his host
CHAPTER
IV.
The history of Leonora, or the unfortunate jilt
CHAPTER
V.
A dreadful quarrel which happened at the inn where the
company dined, with its bloody consequences to Mr Adams
CHAPTER
VI.
Conclusion of the unfortunate jilt
CHAPTER
VII.
A very short chapter, in which parson Adams went a great
way
CHAPTER
VIII.
A notable dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; wherein
that gentleman appears in a political light
CHAPTER
IX.
In which the gentleman discants on bravery and heroic
virtue, till an unlucky accident puts an end to the discourse
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
CHAPTER
XI.
What happened to them while before the justice. A chapter
very full of learning
CHAPTER
XII.
A very delightful adventure, as well to the persons
concerned as to the good-natured reader
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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAIT
OF FIELDING, FROM BUST IN THE SHIRE HALL, TAUNTON
"JOSEPH,
I AM SORRY TO HEAR SUCH COMPLAINTS AGAINST YOU"
THE
HOSTLER PRESENTED HIM A BILL
JOSEPH
THANKED HER ON HIS KNEES
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