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| Author | Henry Fielding |
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| Original title | The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1742 |
| Publication place | Britain |
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| Preceded by | Shamela (1741) |
| Followed by | The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great (1743) |
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first full-length novel by the English author Henry Fielding to be published and among the early novels in the English language. Appearing in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it tells of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams.