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Samuel Richardson

Born

in Mackworth, Derbyshire, England

August 19, 1689

Died

July 04, 1761

Genre

Fiction

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Pamela (1740) and Clarissa Harlowe (1748) of English writer Samuel Richardson helped to legitimize the novel as a literary form in English.

People best know major 18th-century epistolary novels Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

Richardson, an established printer and publisher for most of his life, at the age of 51 years then wrote his first novel; people immediately most admired him of his time.

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Samuel Richardson’s books

Average rating: 3.04 · 22,291 ratings · 1,862 reviews · 1,575 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pamela 2.77 avg rating — 12,847 ratings — published 1740 — 599 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.39 avg rating — 8,401 ratings — published 1748 — 524 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 1 (of 9) 3.37 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1748 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Sir Charles Grandison Bar 3.61 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1753 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 2 (of 9) 3.30 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1748 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 3 (of 9) 3.30 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1748 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 (of 9) 3.27 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1748 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pamela : Volume 2 3.45 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1741 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady, Volume 1 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 6 (of 9) 3.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1748 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Samuel Richardson

Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady (9 books)
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Samuel Richardson

3.31 avg rating — 555 ratings

Quotes by Samuel Richardson (?)

“I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.”
― Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

tags: life

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“Tired of myself longing for what I have not”
― Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

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“Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.”
― Samuel Richardson, Pamela

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Polls

2nd Quarter (Apr - June) Long Read 2017

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville, 1851, 720 pages

65 votes, 21.4%

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320, 798 pages

49 votes, 16.1%

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 1991, 896 pages

40 votes, 13.2%

Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922, 810 pages

33 votes, 10.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1021, 1182 pages

31 votes, 10.2%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 945 pages

28 votes, 9.2%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1993, 1474 pages

17 votes, 5.6%

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 1921, 896 pages

15 votes, 4.9%

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, 1748, 1534 pages

10 votes, 3.3%

Weaveworld by Clive Barker, 1987, 721 pages

9 votes, 3.0%

East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, 1861, 694 pages

7 votes, 2.3%

304 total votes

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