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. ( )

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 ( )

Well, it's certainly better than Pamela was. I laughed a few times. If you've slogged through all of Pamela, you might as well blitz through this too; it's only 50 pages or so. ( )