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Book SynopsisBorn to a petty thief in London’s notorious Newgate prison and determined to make her way in a rapacious and materialistic society, Moll Flanders recounts the “fortunes and misfortunes” of her turbulent life in this 1722 novel. Though Moll Flanders was shaped by the conventions of criminal biography, Defoe also drew on other literary traditions and his own rich background to create a remarkably original—and still controversial—work. In addition to a critical introduction and substantial footnotes, this Broadview edition provides a wide range of writings by Defoe as well as contemporary responses to Moll Flanders. Other appendices include a selection of eighteenth-century writings on crime, prisons, and the Virginia colony.Trade Review“With this new edition of Moll Flanders, instructors are at last well-equipped to teach Defoe’s challenging and enigmatic novel. Scanlon has carefully edited and helpfully annotated the most authoritative text of Moll and supplied readers with a wealth of contemporary texts, including Defoe’s comments on women’s roles in urban life, that illuminate the complex cultural context into which Defoe launched his novel. These glimpses of Defoe’s other writings in combination with excerpts from literary contemporaries give students and general readers an unprecedentedly rich context in which to understand Moll Flanders.” — Melissa Mowry, St. John’s University, New YorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionDaniel Defoe: A Brief ChronologyDefoe’s Times: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextMoll FlandersAppendix A: Related Writings by Defoe From An Essay upon Projects (1697) From the Review (19 February 1704-11 June 1713) From Applebee’s Journal (25 June 1720-14 May 1726) From Colonel Jack (1722) From Roxana (1724) From A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-27) From Conjugal Lewdness; Or, Matrimonial Whoredom (1727) From An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions (1727) From Street-Robberies, Consider’d [1728] Appendix B: Related Works by Other Writers From Hell Upon Earth (1703) Paul Lorrain, The Ordinary of Newgate (1709) From A Discourse and View of Virginia [1712] From Alexander Smith, The History of the Lives, of the MostNoted Highway-Men (1714) From The History of the Press-Yard (1717) Jonathan Swift, The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Elliston (1722) From An Essay in Praise of Knavery (1723) From T. Read, The Life and Actions of Moll Flanders [c. 1723] From An Accurate Description of Newgate (1724) From The Matchless Rogue (1725) Appendix C: Defoe and Moll Flanders: Eighteenth-Century Views From The True-Born Hugonot, &c.A Satyr (1703) From Jonathan Swift, A Letter Concerning the Sacramental Test (1709) From Jonathan Swift, the Examiner (16 November 1710) From John Gay, The Present State of Wit (1711) From Joseph Addison, The Late Trial and Conviction of Count Tariff (1713) From Charles Gildon, Preface to The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr. D.… De F.… (1719) From Giles Jacob, The Poetical Register (1723) From the Preface to An Essay in Praise of Knavery (1723) From The Flying Post (1 March 1729) From Alexander Pope, The Dunciad Variorum (1729) From Richard Savage (?), An Author to be Lett (1729) From the Grub-street Journal (29 April 1731) From Read’s Weekly Journal (1 May 1731) From a Conversation with Alexander Pope (1742) From Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets (1753) From the Monthly Review (March 1775) From James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1778) From George Chalmers, The Life of Defoe (1786) From the Monthly Review (December 1787) From the Monthly Review (December 1790) Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisJoseph Andrews, first published in 1742, is in part a parody of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela. But whereas Richardson’s novel is marked by the virtues of female chastity and the triumph of steadfast morality, Fielding’s Joseph Andrews is peopled with lascivious women, thieves, hypocrites, and general fools. As we follow the characters in their travels, what unfolds is a lively panoramic satire of mid-Georgian England.Trade Review“Paul Scanlon’s edition of Fielding’s first novel—and the first comic novel in English—amounts to a complete kit: a student-friendly text (with capitals and italics normalized), brief and illuminating footnotes, a comprehensive, lucid Introduction, a seven-page Bibliography, and a 113-page treasure-house of appendices containing generous samples of Richardson’s Pamela and Fielding’s Shamela, excerpts from Fielding’s comic models (such as the Maritornes passage from Don Quixote) and from Fielding’s other writings (including essay-chapters from Tom Jones), and fascinating sections on the novel’s publication history, contemporary responses to it, and “A Social History of the Times” dealing with dress, eating and drinking habits, servants, stagecoaches and inns, laws and courts, education, and the like. This edition is a model of useful scholarship.” — Bruce Stovel, University Of Alberta“This edition of Joseph Andrews is an excellent introduction to Fielding as well as a fine edition of his first novel. … The substantial extracts from Shamela and Fielding’s other writings are supported by an invaluable section on social history and by passages from influential contemporaries.” — Jim Mclaverty, Keele UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionHenry Fielding: A Brief ChronologyFielding’s Times: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextJoseph AndrewsPrefaceContentsBook IBook IIBook IIIBook IVAppendix A: Social History of the TimesAppendix B: Pamela and ShamelaAppendix C: Other Works of Influence by Other WritersAppendix D: Other Related Writings by FieldingAppendix E: History of the PublicationAppendix F: Early ReceptionSelect Bibliography

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