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Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, was Samuel Richardson’s first novel published in 1740. The book became an immediate bestseller and was widely admired for its epistolary form, tight plot, and moral advocacy of virtue. Critics praised and later satirised its didactic tone. The edition presented here includes an authoritative text of the first edition, introductions, extensive notes, and a bibliographical apparatus covering all lifetime editions, as well as illustrations, indexes, and added historical material. It marks the first full scholarly edition of Richardson’s complete works in eighteenth‑century studies.
First publish date: 1816
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Samuel Richardson
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