Clarissa Harlowe or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6

Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady #6

by Samuel Richardson

The tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family.

Genres: Fiction, Classics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1748

About the author

Pamela (1740) and Clarissa Harlowe (1748) of English writer Samuel Richardson helped to legitimize the novel as a literary form in English.

An established printer and publisher for most of his life, Richardson wrote his first novel at the age of 51. He is best known for his major 18th-century epistolary novel Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

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Reviews

[Meg]

Pretty much the same as the last book except the plot thickens; Lovelace continues to be even more villainous and shows all the signs of a classic narcissist.

I continue to be more and more impressed with Samuel Richardson's brilliance as the story goes on.

[Sugarpop · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is basically just Lovelace being: "Hmm, but if I marry her, I want to fuck her, too. But what if she is a bad lay? I better rape her first to find out." and later on "What do you mean, you hate me? We fucked! Just marry me and no one will know!" and her best friend hates Clarissa for basically everything.

[Perry Romanowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, something is happening! I liked this better than the last volume.

[Marc Chénier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Will give full review when done Volume 9

[Phaedon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this volume more engaging to the last. The story becomes more dramatic, but I also much prefer the letters written from Clarissa as a character than from Lovelace. The language the author uses for Lovelace is more hard-going, as is the character generally.