A preface by this author puts forward “the Ridiculous” as the subject for the novel defined as “a comic epic poem in prose.” One of this author’s characters gets hit by a bottle thrown by Ensign Notherton, whom he later stops from strangling a woman on the side of the road. In a novel by this author, Mr. Wilson identifies a strawberry birthmark on the protagonist’s chest, revealing that he is not actually the (*) brother of another author’s protagonist. One of this author’s characters rescues and sleeps with Mrs. Waters, only to find out that she is his ostensible mother, (10[1])Jenny Jones. This author, who parodied a moralizing rival in Joseph Andrews, wrote a ribald novel about a foundling (10[1])raised by (10[1])Squire Allworthy. For 10 points, name this enemy of Samuel Richardson, who wrote Tom Jones. ■END■