Lovelace keeps clarissa his prisoner for many months Told through a complex series of interweaving letters, clarissa is a richly ambiguous study of a fatally attracted couple and a work of astonishing power and immediacy. Among the longest english novels ever written (more than a million words), the book has secured a place in literary history for its tremendous psychological insight.
Clarissa tells the story of a virtuous, beautiful young woman who is brought to tragedy by the wickedness of her world The first few letters are between clarissa and her friend, anna. The link at the bottom of this page will take you to the full text in 8 volumes.
Samuel richardson published his second novel in seven volumes, the first two in 1747, and the remaining five the next year Like his first work, pamela (1740), clarissa is an epistolary novel, made up of letters written between characters. Or the history of a young lady is an epistolary novel that tells the story of the beautiful, virtuous clarissa and her tragic end First printed the cautionary tale in 1748 in a series of eight volumes
