For ten points name this novel about the handsome wife of Captain William Booth, the final novel by Henry Fielding.
Minor characters in this novel include Bondum, a bailiff who extols the virtues of liberty to his prisoners, and Mr. Murphy, an unscrupulous lawyer who is hanged at Tyburn for engaging in a forgery conspiracy with Mr. Robinson. Another character has an affair while in prison with a woman who gives him money to buy back his stolen snuffbox, and he is later challenged to a duel by Colonel Bath over rumors started by that woman, Miss Matthews. The purchase of a dilapidated coach leads to social alienation for the protagonist of this novel, who is saved from date rape at a masquerade ball by Mrs. Bennet, her foster brother Sergeant Atkinson's wife. The protagonist's philandering husband is frequently thrown in debtors' prison for gambling debts but is continually bailed out by Dr. Harrison, who eventually uncovers the plot to disinherit the title character. For ten points name this novel about the handsome wife of Captain William Booth, the final novel by Henry Fielding.
Minor characters in this novel include Bondum, a bailiff who extols the virtues of liberty to his prisoners, and Mr. Murphy, an unscrupulous lawyer who is hanged at Tyburn for engaging in a forgery conspiracy with Mr. Robinson.
{Amelia}