The fifty-sixth book: #1011 Amelia - Henry Fielding
Have I ever mentioned how tired I'm getting of the "perfect woman" narrative? The recent picaresque novels strayed away from it a bit, but Henry Fielding goes back into it. The titular Amelia resists all temptations and bears her bad fortunes gracefully, while her husband (from a marriage against her mother's wishes) joins the army, gets arrested, loses their money through gambling and cheats on her. Yeah, it's a bad life, but she weathers it, gets a big inheritance and they retire together.
It's written in the overblown style that I disliked before, it's not quite readable. It's literature... but perhaps I wish I could get an edit that works a bit better for me.