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Shamela written by Henry Fielding performed by Clare Corbett, Neville Jason, Tom Burke and Georgina Sutton on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781843797463
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Classic English
Duration:  90 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Henry Fielding
Performer 1:  Clare Corbett
Performer 2:  Neville Jason
Performer 3:  Tom Burke
Performer 4:  Georgina Sutton

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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.

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