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Virtue rewarded after a servant's long resistance.

Pamela would be a good read for those interested in groundbreaking literature that was both praised for its morality and condemned as disguised pornography. The book follows the story of a young servant girl who fights against her master's attempts to seduce her, and the novel is written in her voice. This gives readers an insight into the complexity of her character and the power dynamics at play. Additionally, this edition preserves the original text that sparked controversy upon its release, providing readers with a unique and authentic reading experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded

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ISBN: 9780199536498
Date of Publication: 2008-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Historical Romance, Classics
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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 Antipamelists," even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day. 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. Based on the original text of 1740, from which Richardson later retreated in a series of defensive revisions, this edition makes available the version of Pamela that aroused such widespread controversy on its first appearance.
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Virtue rewarded after a servant's long resistance.

Pamela would be a good read for those interested in groundbreaking literature that was both praised for its morality and condemned as disguised pornography. The book follows the story of a young servant girl who fights against her master's attempts to seduce her, and the novel is written in her voice. This gives readers an insight into the complexity of her character and the power dynamics at play. Additionally, this edition preserves the original text that sparked controversy upon its release, providing readers with a unique and authentic reading experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.