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    Shamela
    Shamela
    Shamela
    Audiobook1 hour

    Shamela

    Written by Henry Fielding

    Narrated by Multiple Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    Shamela is a bawdy, spirited and hilarious response to Samuel Richardson’s hugely popular 1740 novel, Pamela.
    In this pointed satire, Shamela (which transpires to be the real name of Richardson’s Pamela) reveals the ulterior motives behind the events that took place in Pamela. Shamela is unlike the virtuous young lady portrayed in Richardson’s novel and she takes command of her master, Squire Booby. Our heroine has planned it all out from the start and she is determined to entrap her master into marriage.
    Fielding, most famous as the author of Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews, equated morality with expediency, and he takes advantage of the comic form to provide a multi-layered satire of contemporary politics and values. He lampoons political figures, the clergy and contemporary writers with criticisms that, most importantly, contribute to a comic tour-de-force unlike any other.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781843797470
    Shamela
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    Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English novelist, dramatist, and prominent magistrate. He was born into noble lineage, yet was cut off from his allowance as a young man and subsequently began a career writing plays. He wrote over 25 dramatic works, primarily satires addressing political injustice. When Fielding's career as a playwright ended with new censorship laws, he turned to writing fiction. His work as a novelist is considered to have ushered in a new genre of literature. Among his best known masterpieces are The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild (1743) and The History of Tom Jones (1749).

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    • 4/5
      Everyone loves a good cat fight...but a fair one. An Apology... was Fielding's direct satirical attack on Samuel Richardson's Pamela, however Fielding was a coward. He first published An Apology...under the false name of Conny Keyber. It was supposed to be the true events or what really happened with Pamela in a mere sixty pages. According to Fielding, Pamela is not a chaste and sweet girl. Instead she is wicked and full of lust. Instead of being seduced by her former employer's son, Fielding thinks she entrapped him into marrying her. I have to admit I can't speak to the steadfast morality of a teenager, but I agreed with Fielding in that I found it completely unbelievable that a fifteen year old girl would continue her diaries through all the chaos and upheaval.
    • 3/5
      This is Henry Fielding's satiric response to Samuel Richardson's famous and successful "Pamela" where, rather than being virtue personified, Shamela is a scheming shrew, intent on catching the Squire.The result is a bit patchy and falls a bit flat. Fielding can't quite sustain the gibes to form them into a meaningful whole.Read Dec 2017