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Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by the English writer Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage.
Pamela, novel in epistolary style by Samuel Richardson, published in 1740 and based on a story about a servant and the man who, failing to seduce her, marries her. Pamela Andrews is a 15-year-old servant. On the death of her mistress, her mistress’s son, “Mr. B,” begins a series of stratagems.
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Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews is a virtuous but poor maid working for the wealthy Lady B at her Bedfordshire home. On her deathbed, Lady B recommends that Pamela should work for her son, Mr. B. Pamela excels in her new role, and so Mr. B gives her four guineas and some silver from his mother’s pocket.
Nov 15, 2002 · This novel (published 1740) created an epoch in the history of English fiction, and, with its successors, exerted a wide influence upon Continental literature. It is appropriately included in a series which is designed to form a group of studies of English life by the masters of English fiction.
Samuel Richardson revised his own novels extensively over the course of his lifetime. Many critics prefer the earliest versions (which are most commonly printed today), believing that Richardson self-censored the later ones in response to criticism.
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by English writer Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage.
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Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761 [1]) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).