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Pamela

Samuel Richardson
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65 editions · 3 languages
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"Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded is perhaps the most influential novel published in Britain in the eighteenth century. On its first publication in 1740, it became an immediate bestseller. Its epistolary structure, tight plotting and didactic message were praised, imitated, but also criticised and satirised. This new critical edition of Samuel Richardson's first novel features an authoritative text based on the first edition, general and textual introductions, extensive explanatory notes and textual apparatus. Appendices provide bibliographical descriptions of all lifetime editions as well as the…

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65 editions · 3 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2019
    Independently published · 332 pages · 9781081426941
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 270 pages · 9781983470677
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Franklin Classics · 422 pages · 9780342140725
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Pamela : Or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters From a Beautiful Young Damsel to her Parents
    Gale ECCO, Print Editions · 428 pages · 9781385532737
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters From a Beautiful Young Damsel to her Parents
    Gale ECCO, Print Editions · 416 pages · 9781385309339
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Franklin Classics Trade Press · 422 pages · 9780344015496
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