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Aug 12, 2013 · Clarissa Harlowe is a young wealthy English woman who has just inherited a large fortune from her deceased grandfather … however, her older brother and older sister have conspired with a potential suitor for Clarissa, Mr. Solmes, who will take over the inheritance from Clarissa and distribute funds to all of Clarissa’s family members ...
February 11. ( 2021-02-11) –. June 24, 2021. ( 2021-06-24) Clarice is a 2021 American crime drama television series created by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet and produced by CBS Studios, MGM Television, and Secret Hideout. It is based on the best-selling 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and set between the events of the ...
Samuel Richardson ’s Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel published in 1748. It is one of the longest novels in the English language and is often regarded as Richardson’s masterpiece. The story revolves around the virtuous Clarissa Harlowe and her tumultuous experiences with the rakish Robert Lovelace.
Feb 4, 1986 · And yet, Clarissa finds his charm alluring, her scrupulous sense of virtue tinged with unconfessed desire. Told through a complex series of interweaving letters, Clarissa is a richly ambiguous study of a fatally attracted couple and a work of astonishing power and immediacy. A huge success when it first appeared in 1747, and translated into ...
Clarissa is a female given name borrowed from Latin, Italian, and Portuguese, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi 's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa , equivalent to -ess .
Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling (Melissa Joan Hart) is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happening in her life, dealing with typical adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra, and an annoying younger brother.
Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson.
