{"date":"October 8","id":"10-08","intro":["Fielding wrote a lengthy story to burlesque a novel of Richardson. But the travesty overshot its mark. Instead of a mere parody, it became a masterpiece."],"minutes":12,"readings":[{"author":"Henry Fielding","end":181,"start":176,"volume":39,"work":"Preface to Joseph Andrews"}],"slug":"october-8","status":"proofread","title":"Fielding’s Parody Becomes History","url":"/harvard-classics/october-8/","words":2302}