An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews by Henry Fielding: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 2 original MP3 tracks, 1:38:28 running time and a link to listen.
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, credited to Henry Fielding, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, by Henry Fielding. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fielding and first published in April 1741 under the name of Mr. Conny Keyber. Fielding never owned to writing the work, but it is widely considered to be his. It is a direct attack on the then-popular novel Pamela (November 1740) by Fielding's contemporary and rival Samuel Richardson and is composed, like Pamela, in epistolary form. Shamela is written as a shocking revelation of the true events which took place in the life of Pamela Andrews, the main heroine of Pamela. From Shamela we learn that, instead of being a kind, humble, and chaste servant-girl, Pamela (whose true name turns out to be Shamela) is in fact a wicked and lascivious creature, scheming to entrap her master, Squire Booby, into marriage. (Summary by Wikipedia).
Recording facts
- Recording title: An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
- Author credits: Henry Fielding
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 2
- Listed recording duration: 1:38:28
Catalogue topics
- audio book
- drama
- humor
- romance
- satire
Track guide
- 1 - An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews — 46:16
- 2 - An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews — 52:13
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