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Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded Study Guide & Essays

by Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson may have based his first novel on the story of a real-life affair between Hannah Sturges, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a coachman, and Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Baronet of Northampton, whom she married in 1725. He certainly based the form of the novel on his own aptitude for…

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Posted By amanda e #228651 at Feb 05, 2012 8:57 AM

 

Posted By marin t #174621 at Mar 17, 2011 2:50 PM

What is the social significance of the heroine’s marriage to Mr. B.? Why was it possible for certain male readers to identify with Pamela?

What is the social significance of the heroine’s marriage to Mr. B.? Why was it possible for certain male readers to identify with Pamela?

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Posted By alexandria s #168531 at Feb 09, 2011 5:54 PM

 

Posted By nouf a #109267 at Oct 06, 2011 4:34 AM

Why does Pamela use the metaphor 'self and the other ' instead of the binary opposition 'self versus the other' ?

i mean why did she choose to avoid raising conflicts? does it have anything to do with the class she belonged to ?

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