A communication with Belford reveals that the would-be savior in this novel is actually seeking to defile a woman of higher social standing.
A communication with Belford reveals that the would-be savior in this novel is actually seeking to defile a woman of higher social standing. The tragedy centers around the cruelty of the protagonist's family, who betrothe her to the loathsome Mr. Solmes, despite her protests and those of her cousin, Colonel Morden. To escape their tyranny, she takes up correspondence with a dark and mysterious suitor, with whom she elopes. Unfortunately, when the suitor, Robert Lovelace, demands sex, she refuses, after which he rapes her and she takes 200 pages to die of grief. For 10 points identify this longest novel in English, the epistolary follow-up to Pamela by Samuel Richardson.
A communication with Belford reveals that the would-be savior in this novel is actually seeking to defile a woman of higher social standing.
{Clarissa}, or, the History of a Young Lady