The document is a submission discussing Samuel Richardson's epistolary novels, 'Pamela' and 'Clarissa,' focusing on themes of virtue, marriage, and social commentary in the 18th century. It highlights Richardson's background and influences, the depiction of female characters, and the societal norms of his time. The paper concludes with a reflection on the presentations of virtue and morality in these works, supported by various sources.

1. ● Name: Rajeshvariba Rana
● Roll No. : 20
● Enrollment No. : 4069206420220023
● Semester: 1st
● Paper No. : 102
● Paper Code: 22393
● Paper Name: Literature of the Neoclassical Period
● Topic: Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela' and 'Clarissa'
● Submitted to: S.B.Gardi, Department of English, MKBU
● E-mail: rhrana148@gmail.com
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2. Overview:
● Introduction-Epistolary Novel
● Time and Work
● Pamela and Clarissa
● Reflection of Author’s life
● Virtue Rewarded
● Rape and Marriage
● Actions are less
● Conclusion
● Works cited

3. Introduction:
Samuel Richardson was a Pioneer of
Epistolary Novel.
18th Century is Particularly known as a
Century of Epistolary Novel.
In Epistolary Novel It's always the Character
who speaks to us, It's always the Character
who Writes to us.
The letter form itself that one speaks about
It's feeling and emotions and It's suppose to
be Most private correspondence with one self
or a concerned person.

4. The real question is whether this new
form represents a variation on the
structure and conventions of romance,
or an abrupt, radical departure from
the form and themes of a centuries-old
genre. (Belyea)

5. Time and Work :
Pamela craze that swept through eighteenth century Europe and
inspired emulation in virtually every medium .(Turner)
During these time Morality level of society is very down at that time
Samuel Richardson write ‘Pamela’. A very Virtuous Character.
Contemporary Writers may not like his work so that's they write
allegory on It. Henry Fielding writes An Apology for the Life of Mrs.
Shamela Andrews, John Kelly Pamela's conduct in high life.
Richardson's second version of Pamela.
At that time writers were not fought on ground. But they write against
and criticize.

6. When Mr. B. plays the wicked squire , his physical touches always
indicate sexual aggression and the drive to establish a clear identity
as master.(Turner)
Pamela always stands for her Virtue. She opposed Mr.B at the
beginning of the novel.
She refuses to seen her as a property.
Pamela is a complex personality who moves from a naïve
adolescence to a composed maturity in the course of the
narrative.(Wilson)
In “Clerissa’ the Character of Clarissa is also virtuous but She
is also Bold enough to manage everything.
No one makes Parody on ‘Clerissa’.

7. Reflection of Author's life:
People are think like Charles II .
Samuel Richardson's was a Womanizer.
He was a Master printer and Official
printer of king.
If we are talking about his childhood, He
write Love letters for Illiterate women
when he was just 13 year old.
We can say Romance is his own life's
reflection on his Work. His habit of writing
letters from childhood. It’s given him to
ability of writing Epistolary Novel and he
can understand women’s mindset very
well. That's why his portrayed character
of woman is realistic.
Samuel Richardson expanded the
imaginative possibilities of the
familiar letter more than any of
his contemporaries.(Sodeman)

8. Virtue Revorded:
Pamela Prevent her Chastity and she
don't except Mr.B’s proposal as
Affair. But except him as a husband
by official Marriage.
She gets Happy Marriage life, that's
called her Virtue Revorted.
Clerissa is also a Virtues
Woman,But her Virtus aren't
Revorted like Pamela. She died
at the end of Novel before her
death she wrote Will and
declared what's happening with
her.

9. Rape and Marriage:
In ‘Clerissa’, Character Lovelace Molester and Raped on Clerissa and
then after under the pressure of Society he de
But Clerissa denied him.
Actions are Less :
Pamela wrights more and does less there is less of actions
and more of writing things and speaking.

10. New sentimental conceptions of
manhood, between allegiance to a
new ideal of domestic femininity and
fear of the independent female
authority that might issue from
it.(Campbell)
“You know not the value of the heart you have
insulted... You, sir, I thank you, have lowered my
fortunes: but, I bless God, that my mind is not
sunk w ith my fortunes. It is, on the contrary,
raised above fortune, and above
you.”(Richardson)

11. The eighteenth century developed a significant
interest in defining woman as a special being.
Women were not inferior, just different.(BRUNELLO
and BORSAN)
Conclusion:

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