Author: RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
Title: Clarissa : or the history of a young lady. Complete in 8 volumes
Description: London: B. Law and Son. T. Cadell. and more 1792. First Edition. Bound in near contemporary full tree calf with gilt-blocked leather lable to the spine. Some wear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright. clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 8 volumes. Summary; Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests. the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace. He. however. proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome advances. Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests. the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace. however. proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And yet. Clarissa finds his charm alluring. her scrupulous sense of virtue tinged with unconfessed desire. Told through a complex series of interweaving letters. 'Clarissa' is a richly ambiguous study of a fatally attracted couple and a work of astonishing power and immediacy. A huge success when it first appeared in 1747. and translated into French and German. it remains one of the greatest of all European novels. Subjects; England — Social life and customs — Fiction. General & literary fiction ; Novels. other prose & writers ; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries. Fiction / Classics. England - Fiction. Kidnapping - Fiction. Young women - Crimes against - Fiction. Genres; Bibliography. Epistolary fiction. Novel. Weight in Kg appr.:

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