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Pamela by Samuel Richardson (Paperback, 1980)

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Written by a man, it is a strong denunciation of a man's abuse of his power over a woman. The heroine spends most of the book with her apron over her face, bawling her eyes out. And Mr B is an unconvincing villain.

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Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics. Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress's son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Psychologically acute in its explorations of sex, freedom and power, Richardson's first novel caused a sensation when it was published, with its depiction of a servant heroine who dares to assert herself. Richly comic and full of lively scenes and descriptions, Pamela contains a diverse cast of characters ranging from the vulgar and malevolent Mrs Jewkes to the aggressive but awkward country squire who serves this unusual love story as both its villain and hero. In her introduction, Margaret Ann Doody discusses the epistolary genre of novels and examines the role of women and class differences. This edition, based on the 1801 text and incorporating corrections made in 1810, makes Richardson's final version of the two-volume generally available for the first time. Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of a joiner. He received little formal education, but in 1706 was apprenticed to a London printer, going on to become a leading figure of the trade in the capital. Pamela originated as a volume of model letters for unskilled letter-writers, but as Richardson became more fascinated by the characters in his letters than the letters themselves, the germ of a novel began to emerge. Upon its publication in 1740 Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded became a national sensation. If you enjoyed Pamela, you might like Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9780140431407
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95745586

Product Key Features

Book Title
Pamela
Author
Samuel Richardson
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1980
Number of Pages
544 Pages

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Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
372g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Samuel Richardson
Editor
Peter Sabor
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by stanslorcian15 Nov, 2016
'Pamela' by Samuel Richardson
I got through only the first few pages of this book and found it very difficult to read. I needed to use a magnifying glass to read the small print in addition to my reading glasses. I'm surprised that Penguin Classics have chosen to publish the story in this way. In the end, I abandoned it. This book has found a place on the shelf of our local St. Vincent de Paul charity store.
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