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Joseph Andrews Book 2, Chapter 1 Summary

  • Fielding's about to break it down for us. He tells us that there are lots of mysteries in various trades, from the tippy-top to the lowest-low.
  • One of those secrets happens to be how divide a work into books and chapters. Do tell?
  • Well, Fielding's take is this: authors get more money when they divide their works up. More green stuff equals more good.