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Clarissa Harlowe -Or- The History of a Young Lady -Vol. 2-
Hardcover
RomanceClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515423041
Publisher: Smk Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Samuel Richardson's Clarissa Harlowe is one of the defining novels of the eighteenth century, a vast and searching work of moral conflict, family pressure, social power, and psychological suspense.
In this second volume, Clarissa's struggle becomes more dangerous and more intimate. Caught between the demands of her family and the designs of Robert Lovelace, she must defend her judgment, her reputation, and her independence in a world determined to treat a young woman's obedience as a family possession. Richardson's epistolary method gives the novel its remarkable force: letters become confession, argument, evidence, manipulation, and self-defence, drawing the reader into a drama in which every choice is watched, interpreted, and contested.
First published in the 1740s, Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady remains one of the great monuments of English fiction. It is a landmark of the epistolary novel, a major work in the history of psychological realism, and a central text for readers interested in women's lives, domestic authority, courtship, coercion, virtue, reputation, and the development of the modern novel. This volume is part of the full multi-volume work and is best read in sequence as Richardson's intricate moral and emotional design unfolds.
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