CLARISSA, OR THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (SHERBURN, GEORGE ABRIG & ED) ,,

ISBN 10: 0395051649 / ISBN 13: 9780395051641

Published by Houghton Mifflin Pub 1962 verso, NY, 1962

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VERY GOOD CONDITION PAPERBACK.clean, solid, bright ; White titles on .ORANGE.(not yellow) PAPER COVERS Showing white wigged author on white diagonal panel.DOLPHIN BOY pub logo to white spine,etc ; 517pg pages; Originally published in 3 volumes in 1747.Lovelace's love for Clarissa & the young woman's attitudes toward marriage are revealed through the series of letters comprising this 18th century romance. one of the masterpieces of European literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CLARISSA, OR THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub 1962 verso, NY
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395051649
• ISBN 13: 9780395051641
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: RIVERSIDE ED.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Lovelace's love for Clarissa and the young woman's attitudes toward marriage are revealed through the series of letters comprising this eighteenth-century classic

About the Author

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of a joiner. He received little formal education and in 1706 was apprenticed to a printer in London. Thirteen years later he set himself up as a stationer and printer and became of the leading figures in the trade. He printed political material, newspapers and literature. He began writing Pamela as a result of a suggestion from friends that he should compile a book of model letters for use by unskilled writers. Pamela was a great success and went on to write Clarissa, one of the masterpieces of European literature.

Angus Ross is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He writes on eighteenth-century and other literature and has edited Swift as well as a number of anthologies.