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  2. Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) 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).

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    The pioneering American nurse Clara Barton's full name was Clarissa Harlowe Barton, after the heroine of Richardson's novel. Radio and television adaptations. The BBC adapted the novel as a television series in 1991, starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, and Sean Pertwee.

  4. Footnotes. References. Bibliography. Criticism. External links. 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.

  5. Clarissa Harlowe, fictional character, the virtuous and forbearing heroine of Samuel Richardson ’s novel Clarissa (1747–48). This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.

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  6. PAMELA TRANSFORMED. By WILLIAM C. HOLMES. SAMUEL. whose virtue RICHARDSON's. had suffered so at the hands famous of her overly-amorous heroine, Pamela Andrews - master, Mr. B-, and who, after a few months of emotional torment, was more than rewarded by becoming Mrs. B- - was convinced.

  7. Apr 4, 2024 · Samuel Richardson was an English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention and use of the letter form (“epistolary novel”). His major novels were Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747–48). Richardson was 50 years old when he wrote Pamela, but of his first 50 years.

  8. Samuel Richardson Clarissa , epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson , published in installments in 1747–48. Among the longest English novels ever written (more than a million words), the book has secured a place in literary history for its tremendous psychological insight.

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