Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady - Volume 7

by Samuel Richardson

(The Complete Novels of Mr. Samuel Richardson - Volume 11)

Genres: Fiction

342 pages, Kindle Edition

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

[Jane Cathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the novel proceeding slowly , I find myself breezing through it. This volume focuses a lot more on Clarissa and introduces a few more characters. It blows my mind that this is an epistolary novel and I’m quite surprised that I like it .

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars would probably be a little more accurate. Volume 7 is the best of the nine so far. The tide has turned and Mr. Lovelace is beginning to get his comeuppance. Mr. Bedford grows a bit of a spine, and Clarissa's communications continue in pretty much the same vein. While it still feels rather repetitive, and drags on for longer than necessary, Volume 7 has also contributed my favorite quote, as written from Mr. Lovelace to Mr. Belford:

"The devil take thee for an insensible dough-baked varlet!"

I've got to fit that into a conversation one of these days.