Amelia (Vol. 1)
Author(s): Henry Fielding
Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance
Narrators: Brooke Cunningham, Lynne T, Lawrence, Marie Hoffman, Libby Gohn, Jill Engle, Malone, David Wales, Julia Niedermaier, Robert Hoffman, Kate Sterner
Number of Chapters: 41
Length: 07 hours and 52 minutes
Language: English
This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must move to London. Fielding explores the issues of married life such as infidelity and whether women's intelligence is equal to men's. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
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Book I, Chapter V: Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the prison. (Marie Hoffman)
Book I, Chapter VI: Containing the extraordinary behaviour of Miss Matthews on her meeting with Booth, and some endeavours to prove, by reason and authority, that it is possible for a woman to appear to be what she really is not. (Marie Hoffman)
Book I, Chapter X: Table-talk, consisting of a facetious discourse that passed in the prison. (Lawrence)
Book II, Chapter VIII: In which our readers will probably be divided in their opinion of Mr. Booth's conduct. (Julia Niedermaier)
Book II, Chapter IX: Containing a scene of a different kind from any of the preceding. (Julia Niedermaier)
Book III, Chapter VII: The captain, continuing his story, recounts some particulars which, we doubt not, to many good people, will appear unnatural. (Robert Hoffman)
Book IV, Chapter II: The latter part of which we expect will please our reader better than the former. (Kate Sterner)
The audiobook Amelia (Vol. 1) falls under the genres of Literary Fiction, Romance. It is written by Henry Fielding.