BOOK I.
[CHAPTER I.]
Of writing lives in general, and particularly of Pamela, with a word by the bye of Colley Cibber and others
[CHAPTER II.]
Of Mr Joseph Andrews, his birth, parentage, education, and great endowments, with a word or two concerning ancestors
[CHAPTER III.]
Of Mr Abraham Adams the curate, Mrs Slipslop the chambermaid, and others
[CHAPTER IV.]
What happened after their journey to London
[CHAPTER V.]
The death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the affectionate and mournful behaviour of his widow, and the great purity of Joseph Andrews
[CHAPTER VI.]
How Joseph Andrews writ a letter to his sister Pamela
[CHAPTER VII.]
Sayings of wise men. A dialogue between the lady and her maid; and a panegyric, or rather satire, on the passion of love, in the sublime style
[CHAPTER VIII.]
In which, after some very fine writing, the history goes on, and relates the interview between the lady and Joseph; where the latter hath set an example which we despair of seeing followed by his sex in this vicious age
[CHAPTER IX.]
What passed between the lady and Mrs Slipslop; in which we prophesy there are some strokes which every one will not truly comprehend at the first reading
[CHAPTER X.]
Joseph writes another letter; his transactions with Mr Peter Pounce, &c., with his departure from Lady Booby
[CHAPTER XI.]
Of several new matters not expected
[CHAPTER XII.]
Containing many surprizing adventures which Joseph Andrews met with on the road, scarce credible to those who have never travelled in a stage-coach
[CHAPTER XIII.]
What happened to Joseph during his sickness at the inn, with the curious discourse between him and Mr Barnabas, the parson of the parish
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Being very full of adventures which succeeded each other at the inn
[CHAPTER XV.]
Showing how Mrs Tow-wouse was a little mollified; and how officious Mr Barnabas and the surgeon were to prosecute the thief: with a dissertation accounting for their zeal, and that of many other persons not mentioned in this history
[CHAPTER XVI.]
The escape of the thief. Mr Adams's disappointment. The arrival of two very extraordinary personages, and the introduction of parson Adams to parson Barnabas
[CHAPTER XVII.]
A pleasant discourse between the two parsons and the bookseller, which was broke off by an unlucky accident happening in the inn, which produced a dialogue between Mrs Tow-wouse and her maid of no gentle kind.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
The history of Betty the chambermaid, and an account of what occasioned the violent scene in the preceding chapter