Clarissa : or The History of a Young Lady
Author(s): Samuel Richardson; Sheila Ortiz Taylor (Introduction by); Lynn Shepherd (Afterword by)
One of the first great British novels, Samuel Richardson's classic tale became a legend to his own age and remains so today.
Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than honorable. This thought-provoking work, written entirely in intimate letters, exposes the delicacy and complexity of affairs of the human heart. The fatal attraction between villain and victim builds and unfolds into a relationship that haunts the imagination as fully as that of Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde.
Abridged and with an Introduction by Sheila Ortiz-Taylor and a New Afterword by Lynn Shepherd
General Information
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Signet
- : 0.249476
- : 01 June 2014
- : 01 November 2013
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Samuel Richardson; Sheila Ortiz Taylor (Introduction by); Lynn Shepherd (Afterword by)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823/.6
- : 2016591416
- : 544