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Wilson is a plain-looking man that Joseph Andrews, Abraham Adams, and Fanny meet after sheep-stealers scare them off the road and they all take refuge at Wilson’s house. Wilson appears to be a minor character at first, giving an unusually long monologue about his past, which involved living a life of hedonism and womanizing in the London theater world before ultimately meeting his wife, Harriet, and settling down. After his marriage, Wilson’s eldest son was mysteriously stolen away from him, although Wilson remembers his son’s strawberry mark on his chest. As it turns out, Joseph is actually Wilson’s son, although this isn’t revealed until the very end of the story, right before Joseph’s marriage to Fanny. After Joseph and Fanny’s marriage, they go to live happily with Wilson and Harriet. Wilson provides a contrast with Lady Booby, providing an example of a higher-class character who is more honest about his flaws, and who shows that not all virtuous characters need to have made lifelong commitments to chastity.
Wilson Quotes in Joseph Andrews
The Joseph Andrews quotes below are all either spoken by Wilson or refer to Wilson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Chapter 3
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A little under seventeen I left my school, and went to London with no more than six pounds in my pocket; a great sum, as I then conceived; and which I was afterwards surprized to find so soon consumed.
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Book 3, Chapter 4
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The gentleman answered, he should know him amongst ten thousand, for he had a mark on his left breast of a strawberry, which his mother had given him by longing for that fruit.
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Book 4, Chapter 15
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“Yes, he had as fine a strawberry as ever grew in a garden.” This Joseph acknowledged, and, unbuttoning his coat, at the intercession of the company, showed to them.
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Book 4, Chapter 16
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Joseph remains blest with his Fanny, whom he doats on with the utmost tenderness, which is all returned on her side. The happiness of this couple is a perpetual fountain of pleasure to their fond parents; and, what is particularly remarkable, he declares he will imitate them in their retirement, nor will be prevailed on by any booksellers, or their authors, to make his appearance in high life.
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Wilson Quotes in Joseph Andrews
The Joseph Andrews quotes below are all either spoken by Wilson or refer to Wilson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 3
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A little under seventeen I left my school, and went to London with no more than six pounds in my pocket; a great sum, as I then conceived; and which I was afterwards surprized to find so soon consumed.
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Book 3, Chapter 4
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The gentleman answered, he should know him amongst ten thousand, for he had a mark on his left breast of a strawberry, which his mother had given him by longing for that fruit.
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Book 4, Chapter 15
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“Yes, he had as fine a strawberry as ever grew in a garden.” This Joseph acknowledged, and, unbuttoning his coat, at the intercession of the company, showed to them.
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Book 4, Chapter 16
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Joseph remains blest with his Fanny, whom he doats on with the utmost tenderness, which is all returned on her side. The happiness of this couple is a perpetual fountain of pleasure to their fond parents; and, what is particularly remarkable, he declares he will imitate them in their retirement, nor will be prevailed on by any booksellers, or their authors, to make his appearance in high life.
