AntiPamela and Shamela Author:Eliza Haywood, Henry Fielding Published together for the first time, Eliza Haywoods Anti-Pamela and Henry Fieldings An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews are the two most important responses to Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela. Anti-Pamela comments on Richardsons representations of work, virtue, and gender, while also questioning the generic expec... more »tations of the novel that Pamela establishes, and it provides a vivid portrayal of the material realities of life for a woman in eighteenth-century London. Fieldings Shamela punctures both the figure Richardson established for himself as an author and Pamelas preoccupation with virtue This Broadview edition also includes a rich selection of historical materials, including writings from the period on sexuality, women's work, Pamela and the print trade, and education and conduct.« less