"The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams" Henry Fielding, 1939
 Henry Fielding wrote this book as a chaotic, middle-finger parody of the Gilded Age literature of his day, targeting stories he felt were incredibly fake and self-righteous.The plot kicks off when Joseph Andrews, a ridiculously handsome and aggressively pure footman, gets fired and thrown into the street because he refuses to sleep with his wealthy, lustful boss, Lady Booby. Stranded and broke, Joseph sets off on foot across the dangerous highways of England to get back to his true love, Fanny. He quickly teams up with Parson Abraham Adams—a hopelessly naive, fist-fighting country preacher who travels with classical philosophy books but constantly forgets his own horse. Together, this bizarre duo stumbles into a chaotic gauntlet of corrupt innkeepers, violent highwaymen, and ridiculous misunderstandings that feel less like a classic novel and more like an 18th-century road-trip buddy comedy.
 
Fielding uses all this slapstick chaos to absolutely roast the upper classes and religious hypocrites of his era. Instead of preaching boring morals, the book leans hard into tavern brawls, public humiliations, and sharp wit to show how selfish the wealthy elite actually are compared to the poor folks on the road. It bounces from low-brow bedroom farce to biting social satire, wrapping up with a wild, over-the-top plot twist about switched babies at birth. It is a fast, cynical, and surprisingly modern ride that completely broke the rules of what a novel was supposed to be.