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Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded
Samuel Richardson
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Description for Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded
Paperback. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas; Wakely, Alice. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
'Pamela under the Notion of being a Virtuous Modest Girl will be introduced into all Familes,and when she gets there, what Scenes does she represent? Why a fine young Gentleman endeavouring to debauch a beautiful young Girl of Sixteen.' (Pamela Censured, 1741) One of the most spectacular successes of the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteeent-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world 'into two different Parties, Pamelists and Antipamelists', even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day. Preached up for its ... Read more
'Pamela under the Notion of being a Virtuous Modest Girl will be introduced into all Familes,and when she gets there, what Scenes does she represent? Why a fine young Gentleman endeavouring to debauch a beautiful young Girl of Sixteen.' (Pamela Censured, 1741) One of the most spectacular successes of the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteeent-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world 'into two different Parties, Pamelists and Antipamelists', even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day. Preached up for its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199536498
SKU
V9780199536498
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About Samuel Richardson
Thomas Keymer's books include Richardson's Clarissa and the Eighteenth Century Reader (1992) and the OWC edition of Fielding's Joseph Andrews and Shamela.
Reviews for Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded
with this edition of Pamela, which will surely become the standard text, we can see more clearly why Richardson's first novel mattered so much
John Mullan, London Review of Books
John Mullan, London Review of Books