Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of
a joiner. He received little formal education and in 1706 was
apprenticed to a printer in London. Thirteen years later he set
himself up as a stationer and printer and became of the leading
figures in the trade. He printed political material, newspapers and
literature. He began writing Pamela as a result of a suggestion
from friends that he should compile a book of model letters for use
by unskilled writers. Pamela was a great success and went on to
write Clarissa, one of the masterpieces of European literature.
Angus Ross is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of
Sussex. He writes on eighteenth-century and other literature and
has edited Swift as well as a number of anthologies.
“Harrowing, unforgiving and extreme . . . A graphic study of the pathologies endemic to a culture that treats women as property. It’s also a passionate celebration of female friendship and of the written word—storytelling as means of power and transcendence.” —Jennifer Egan, Lit Hub
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