Bibliograph

Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady, Samuel Richardson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Angus Ross

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Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady, Samuel Richardson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Angus Ross

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady

Responsibility statement

Samuel Richardson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Angus Ross

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

From the Publisher: Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. The virtuous but self-deceiving Clarissa and the charming villain Lovelace haunt the imagination as fully as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations and signs -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Selected further reading -- Note on the text -- Clarissa or, The history of a young lady -- Table of letters -- Table of letter numbers in other editions -- Notes -- Glossary of words and phrases -- Appendix: Music for the 'Ode to Wisdom' in letter 54

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