Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Volumes 1 & 2
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · September 3, 2014
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- Who it’s for
- Pamela’s own voice traces a young servant’s resistance and the abuses of power.
- Genres
- The Classics, Regency Romance, Feminist Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, September 3, 2014
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One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world "into two different Parties, Pamelists and Anti-pamelists," even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day.
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Preached for its morality, and denounced as pornography in disguise, it vividly describes a young servant's long resistance to the attempts of her predatory master to seduce her. Written in the voice of its low-born heroine, Pamela is not only a work of pioneering psychological complexity, but also a compelling and provocative study of power and its abuse.
Pamela’s Resistance
Pamela’s own voice traces a young servant’s resistance and the abuses of power.
Come here for
- A young servant’s long resistance to her master’s attempts at seduction
Expect
- A narrative voiced by its low-born heroine
- A study of power and its abuse
Where it sits
| The Classics | 74% |
|---|---|
| Regency Romance | 49% |
| Feminist Fiction | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Psychological Fiction
- Authors
- Samuel Richardson
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- September 3, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics