I've read the next few books in the wrong order - blame "1001 Books"! Joseph Andrews, published in 1742, is a sequel to Shamela (published in 1741) which was a parody of Pamela by Samuel Richardson (see #24), published in 1740. Kindle gave me Joseph Andrews and Shamela bundled together.
In Joseph Andrews, a virtuous young man resists the lusty advances of an older woman and has various trials and adventures as a result, accompanied by his friend Parson Abraham Adams.
Shamela, which is not on the '1001 books' list, presents Pamela as a hussy scheming to trap her employer into marriage, instead of the virtuous innocent portrayed in Pamela.
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