MY DEAREST CREATURE,
I can write but just now a few lines. I cannot
tell how to bear the sound of that Mr. Belford for
your executor, cogent as your reasons for that measure
are: and yet ...
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LETTER I
Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford,
ESQ.
Sat. Midnight.
No rest, says a text that I once heard preached upon,
to the wicked—and I cannot close my eyes
(yet only wanted to co...
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SMITH’S, EIGHT IN THE MORNING.
The lady is in a slumber. Mrs. Lovick, who sat
up with her, says she had a better night than was
expected; for although she slept little, she seemed
easy; a...
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LETTER I
Miss Howe, to miss Clarissa
Harlowe
wed. Night, July 12.
I write, my dearest creature, I cannot but write,
to express my concern on your dejection. Let
me beseech you, my charming exce...
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LETTER I
Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford,
Esq.
Friday evening.
Just returned from an airing with my charmer, complied
with after great importunity. She was attended
by the two nymphs. ...
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LETTER I
Miss Clarissa Harlowe, to miss
Howe
Wednesday afternoon, April 26.
At length, my dearest Miss Howe, I am in London, and
in my new lodgings. They are neatly furnished,
and the situation,...
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Biography EssaySamuel Richardson, often in his own time compared to Shakespeare for universality, originality, and emotional truth, is generally acknowledged as the founder of a new school of novel wr...
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The English novelist Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) brought dramatic intensity and psychological insight to the epistolary novel.Fiction, including the novel told in letters, had become popular in Engl...
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Samuel Richardson, often in his own time compared to Shakespeare for universality, originality, and emotional truth, is generally acknowledged as the founder of a new school of novel writing in Englan...
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In the following essay, Dussinger discusses truth and the semblance of truth in Clarissa's letters, and explains why Clarissa's attempts at sincerity cannot succeed.
A character who p...
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In the following excerpt, Bueler describes various plotcombining techniques used in Clarissa, including the sharing of characters and events throughout the novel's three plots, and the use of d...
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Below, Warner explores Richardson's sometimes counterproductive attempts at asserting authorial control over the readers of Clarissa.
Richardson's debate with his readers about the tr...
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In the following essay, Wehr argues that deconstructionist interpretations of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa miss the ways the author uses irony to impose a single, moralizing narrative judgment ...
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Teaching Clarissa
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Clarissa Lesson Plans contain 203 pages of teaching material, including:
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida. Ecco, 226 pages, $23.95.
The impulse to lump these two novels together is understandable, since Heidi Julavits and Vendela Vida are co-fo...
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Introduce Yourself Julie Paolucci, a mom of five in Newington, Connecticut, sends a note of introduction to each of her children’s teachers. “I include relevant family information and a...
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Clarissa Dalrymple
"Next year, in 2007, I think it's like the year of the suicide—the art world commits suicide," said Vasif Kortun. "It starts with Moscow, and then there's the Emirates, an...
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Tokyo (dpa) - Leaders of Asia-Pacific nations and territories
agreed Tuesday to accelerate their efforts to tackle urgent
water-related problems in the region.
...
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Question 1 of 10:The world will always know her as
George
Eliot
, but what was this great British novelist's real name?
Judith
Murray
Mary Anne
Evans
Anna
Stevenson
Clarissa Joan
Smith...
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Question 1 of 10:You'd naturally address her as Mrs Bradley, but what is the sophisticated sleuth's first name?Cecilia
Adela
VeronicaClarissaQuestion 2 of 10:Mrs Bradley's god-daughter,
Eleanor
Bi...
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Manila (dpa) - A Philippine anti-graft court is scheduled to hand
down on Wednesday its verdict on the six-year corruption trial of
former president Joseph Estrada. Below ar...
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Manila (dpa) - A Philippine anti-graft court is scheduled to hand
down on Wednesday its verdict on the six-year corruption trial of
former president Joseph Estrada. Below ar...
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A man convicted of raping three boys when he was 13 years old has been hanged despite a chief justice's order that the case be reviewed, the his lawyer and a U.S. rights group said Thursday.Makwan ...
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Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Critical Essay by John A. Dussinger
A Pair of True Believers, Each With Her Own Aesthetic
