Joseph Andrews (Abridged) Audiobook

" Note: I have only read "Joseph Andrews" and not "Shamela". "

" I enjoyed this book. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't all hopped up on cold meds when I read it. "

" It was hard for me to have feelings at all about Joseph Andrews. I didn't like Shamela much at all (it was funny for about a page or two). Generally non-impressive. I do, however, want to read more by this author, to see if this was just a poor choice. "

" It was a bit drilling because of the language and the multiple references and footnotes... But it was interesting and funny enough, at least the stuff I caught. Surely with a better knowledge of the context and the English of the time I could have enjoyed it much better, though. I especially liked all the twingling drama between families, servants, and class-relations, and the most boring stuff to me were the small adventures along the way, at the inns and stuff. I hope my lecturer gives me a broarder view of the subject, hopefully. "

" I skimmed this for an English class. There are some moments of brilliance (when the narrator expounds on character and class), but for the most part it's silly and tedious. "

" shamela is a hilarious and insightful skewering of samuel richardson's pamela, which by the way is santimonous and very very boring "

" Slightly better than Pamela due to the satire. Slightly worse than Pamela due to unnecessary slapstick. Won out as better mostly because it was shorter. "

" Read Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" first. This is the hilarious spoof of that famous work. It's a literary geek necessity. "

" The single worst thing I had to read in high school English aside from Tess of the d'Urbervilles. "

" Love it -- bloody funny. "

" Fielding mocks Richardson, does some other really smart things along the way. "

" These *short* eighteenth century novels make me wonder why I've been wasting my life reading poetry. Ironic, bawdy, perhaps subversive, and wickedly funny. "

" Amusing enough -- but the depiction of women is terrible!!! Also, those authorial interruptions -- pages of them! -- are annoying! "

" Very funny but crude satire. Not blatantly crude, but inconspicuously crude. "

" Shamela is one of those anti-novel creations made to dissuade women from having "unrealistic" thoughts wedged into their minds. As if women were mindless creatures. But I have to say, it's smart, crisp, and funny. "

" I admit that I didn't get it... I didn't understand a single thing ...don't wanna even try .... "

" A hilarious, cynical look at Richardon's Pamela and the hypocrisy of people in general. One of the best books I've read for a class; would read again. I recommend it to anyone who can handle some older literature and also likes a good laugh (or groan). "

" call me crazy, but i really liked this book when i read it in grad school. andrews is hilarious! "

" Most enjoyable for its witty style and clever representations of human flaws with satire, it introduced me to an era somewhat effectively but did not fulfill me in a way to make me wish to read it again. "

" As much as I love Richardson, I have to say that _Pamela_ deserved these. "

" My review of Henry Fielding's Shamela "

" Aside from being an enjoyable satire of his contemporary's works, Fielding has created a colourful bawdy novel with the outstanding comic creation of Parson Adams. Would have loved the novel to have centred more on him than the titular character. "

" I loved Shamela, but found Joseph Andrews to be too long-winded. Make sure you read Pamela first! "

" tedious. fed up with Pamela and all that has to do with her. "