SOURCE: "Richardson as Author: Gamester and Master," in Reading "Clarissa ": The Struggles of Interpretation, Yale University Press, 1979, pp. 123-42.
Below, Warner explores Richardson's sometimes counterproductive attempts at asserting authorial control over the readers of Clarissa.
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