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  • Pamela, Volume II

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    In "Pamela," the protagonist, Pamela, is a young maidservant who resists the advances of her employer, Mr. B, and strives to maintain her virtue. The novel is presented in the form of letters, providing an intimate look into Pamela's thoughts and experiences.The work is considered one of the earliest novels in English literature and is known for its exploration of themes such as class, virtue, and ... Read more

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  • Clarissa Harlowe -Vol. 8-

    The History of a Young Lady

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language. Clarissa Harlowe is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Their original plan was to concentrate the ... Read more

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  • Clarissa Harlowe -Vol. 9-

    The History of a Young Lady

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language. Clarissa Harlowe is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Their original plan was to concentrate the ... Read more

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  • Pamela or Virtue Rewarded

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    Samuel Richardson, the first, in order of time, of the great English novelists, was born in 1689 and died at London in 1761. He was a printer by trade, and rose to be master of the Stationers' Company. That he also became a novelist was due to his skill as a letter-writer, which brought him, in his fiftieth year, a commission to write a volume of model "familiar letters" as an aid to persons too ... Read more

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  • Clarissa

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady is one of the longest novels in the English language. Written by Samuel Richardson over a period of several years and published in 1748, it is composed entirely of letters. Though this may seem daunting, the novel is highly regarded and is considered by many critics as one of the greatest works of English literature, appearing in several lists of the best ... Read more

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  • Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady Samuel Richardson - Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and ... Read more

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  • Essential Novelists - Samuel Richardson

    invention of the epistolary novel

    by Samuel Richardson, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 157 - Essential Novelists
    Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Samuel Richardson wich are Pamela and Clarissa Harlowe. Samuel Richardson was an English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention and use of the ... Read more

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  • Clarissa, or the History of A Young Lady

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And yet, Clarissa finds ... Read more

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  • Clarissa (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. All 9 Volumes - The History of a Young Lady

    by Samuel Richardson, Hallie Aldermere ...
    Samuel Richardson's Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady is a monumental epistolary novel that traces the moral, psychological, and social ordeal of Clarissa Harlowe, whose resistance to familial coercion and aristocratic libertinism culminates in tragedy. Through letters of extraordinary rhetorical subtlety, Richardson turns private correspondence into a theatre of conscience, desire, power, ... Read more

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  • Clarissa

    by Samuel Richardson ...
    Clarissa's older sister, Arabella, begins to be courted by Robert Lovelace, a wealthy “libertine” and heir to a substantial estate. However, she rejects him because she felt that he put more effort into gaining the approval of her parents than in wooing her and felt disrespected by this. Lovelace quickly moves on from Arabella to Clarissa, much to the displeasure of Arabella and their brother ... Read more

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  • Pamela (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Regency Romance Classic

    by Samuel Richardson, Hallie Aldermere ...
    Samuel Richardson's Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is a foundational epistolary novel that dramatizes the trials of a young servant, Pamela Andrews, as she resists the predatory advances of her master, Mr. B. Through letters and journal entries, Richardson gives unusual psychological immediacy to domestic conflict, moral testing, and social aspiration. Published in 1740, the novel helped define the ... Read more

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  • Clarissa [volumes 1 to 9] (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #55]

    by Samuel Richardson, Centaur Classics ...
    "The genius of Richardson’s narration is not simply the innovative use of epistolary fiction… but also the subtlety with which he unfolds the dark tragedy of Clarissa’s fatal attraction to Lovelace." —Robert McCrum"O Richardson! In spite of ourselves we play a role in your works, we take part in your conversations, we approve, we blame, we marvel…" —Denis Diderot"No one, in any language, has ever ... Read more

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