Clarissa or the History of a Young Lady (Riverside Editions)

by Samuel Richardson

Other authorsGeorge Sherburn (Editor)
Paperback, 1961

Status

Available

Call number

823.6

Collection

Publication

Wadsworth Publishing (1961), Edition: 1, Trade Paperback, 517 pages

Description

Lovelace's love for Clarissa and the young woman's attitudes toward marriage are revealed through the series of letters comprising this eighteenth-century classic.

User reviews

LibraryThing member aketzle
This was just way too drawn out. I read the abridged version, and I still thought 2/3 of it was way too wordy. If building suspense was the plan, they overdid it and took it into "I don't care anymore" instead. But, the middle third of the book was good!

Language

Physical description

544 p.; 8.2 inches

ISBN

0395051649 / 9780395051641

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