Richardson's novel is among the first English novels to explore the inner depths of human psychology. Told in a series of letters, his classic tale of a virginal serving maid pursued by her employer deals with matters that were unexplored when it was written in 1740, among them the transformation of sexual allure into power. Richardson's contemporary, Henry Fielding, wrote a version of PAMELA, called SHAMELA, in which he satirizes the heroine as a gold-digging young woman on the make who sells her sexual favors to the ...
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Richardson's novel is among the first English novels to explore the inner depths of human psychology. Told in a series of letters, his classic tale of a virginal serving maid pursued by her employer deals with matters that were unexplored when it was written in 1740, among them the transformation of sexual allure into power. Richardson's contemporary, Henry Fielding, wrote a version of PAMELA, called SHAMELA, in which he satirizes the heroine as a gold-digging young woman on the make who sells her sexual favors to the highest bidder.
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As new, clean, tight & bright condition / published without dust jackets. Facsimile reprint of the 14th rev. ed. published in 1801 in London. 4vs: 323pp., 317pp., 360pp., 400pp.
