Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady
By: Samuel Richardson ; abridged and with an introduction by Sheila Ortiz-Taylor ; and a new afterword by Lynn Shepherd
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780451468673
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; Crimes against; Conflict of generations; Kidnapping victims; Rape victims; Crime (Fiction)
Other titles: Clarissa; History of a young lady
Description: "Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than honorable. This thought-provoking work, written entirely in intimate letters, exposes the delicacy and complexity of affairs of the human heart. The fatal attraction between villain and victim builds and unfolds into a relationship that haunts the imagination as fully as that of Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde."--Back cover.