Лучшие книги Сэмюэля Ричардсона

One of the first great British novels, Samuel Richardson’s classic tale became a legend to his own age and remains so today.

Defying her parents’ desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than honorable. This thought-provoking work, written entirely in intimate letters, exposes the delicacy and complexity of affairs of the human heart. The fatal attraction between villain and victim builds and unfolds into a relationship that haunts the imagination as fully as that of Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde.

Abridged and with an Introduction by Sheila Ortiz-Taylor and a New Afterword by Lynn Shepherd

This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Pamela" by Samuel Richards. "O the deceitfulness of the heart of man! This John, whom I took to be the honestest of men ...this very fellow was all the while a vile hypocrite, and a perfidious wretch, and helping to carry on my ruin". Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress' son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Psychlologically acute in its explorations of sex, freedom and power, Richardson's first novel caused a sensation when it was…

Настоящее издание возвращает читателю творчество Сэмюэла Ричардсона, одного из самых известных романистов XVIII в., стоявшего у истоков сентиментализма, одного из создателей психологического романа, основоположника жанра романа эпистолярного. Ричардсон повлиял, в частности, на К. Гольдони, Ш. де Лакло, Ж.-Ж. Руссо, его романы породили огромную волну подражаний, а также немало пародий. В данную книгу входит перевод первого романа писателя «Памела, или Вознагражденная добродетель», два примера реакции современников на его творчество - традиционно приписываемая Г. Филдингу пародия «Шельмела» и первый образец «фанфикшн», альтернативное окончание второго романа Ричардсона «Кларисса», написанное леди Элизабет Эклин, и фрагменты переписки Ричардсона и Эклин. Издание снабжено подробными комментариями.

Для широкого круга читателей.

Настоящее издание возвращает читателю творчество Сэмюэла Ричардсона, одного из самых известных романистов XVIII в., стоявшего у истоков сентиментализма, одного из создателей психологического романа, основоположника жанра романа эпистолярного. Ричардсон повлиял, в частности, на К.Гольдони, Ш.де Лакло, Ж.-Ж.Руссо, его романы породили огромную волну подражаний, а также немало пародий. В данную книгу входит перевод первого романа писателя "Памела, или Вознагражденная добродетель", два примера реакции современников на его творчество - традиционно приписываемая Г.Филдингу пародия "Шельмела" и первый образец "фанфикшн", альтернативное окончание второго романа Ричардсона "Кларисса", написанное леди Элизабет Эклин, и фрагменты переписки Ричардсона и Эклин. Издание снабжено подробными комментариями.

Для широкого круга читателей.

Samuel Richardson (1689—1761) was an English writer, best known for his epistolary novels. He also worked as an established publisher who printed almost 500 different books and magazines. Regarded by many as a masterpiece, the novel "Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady" tells the story of a young woman named Clarissa Harlowe, whose way to happiness is constantly endangered by her own family. Pressured to marry a wealthy man, she leaves her home with Robert Lovelace. Even then she can't find peace, because Lovelace shows himself untrustworthy, spewing vague promises of marriage without any attempts to move from words to deeds.

Samuel Richardson (1689—1761) was an English writer, best known for his epistolary novels. He also worked as an established publisher who printed almost 500 different books and magazines. Regarded by many as a masterpiece, the novel "Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady" tells the story of a young woman named Clarissa Harlowe, whose way to happiness is constantly endangered by her own family. Pressured to marry a wealthy man, she leaves her home with Robert Lovelace. Even then she can't find peace, because Lovelace shows himself untrustworthy, spewing vague promises of marriage without any attempts to move from words to deeds.

Samuel Richardson (1689—1761) was an English writer, best known for his epistolary novels. He also worked as an established publisher who printed almost 500 different books and magazines. Regarded by many as a masterpiece, the novel "Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady" tells the story of a young woman named Clarissa Harlowe, whose way to happiness is constantly endangered by her own family. Pressured to marry a wealthy man, she leaves her home with Robert Lovelace. Even then she can't find peace, because Lovelace shows himself untrustworthy, spewing vague promises of marriage without any attempts to move from words to deeds.
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Samuel Richardson (1689—1761) was an English writer, best known for his epistolary novels. He also worked as an established publisher who printed almost 500 different books and magazines. Regarded by many as a masterpiece, the novel "Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady" tells the story of a young woman named Clarissa Harlowe, whose way to happiness is constantly endangered by her own family. Pressured to marry a wealthy man, she leaves her home with Robert Lovelace. Even then she can't find peace, because Lovelace shows himself untrustworthy, spewing vague promises of marriage without any attempts to move from words to deeds.
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Pamela is a maid in a big country house. But when her mistress dies, Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B, her mistress’s son, who sets out to seduce her. Although she likes Mr B, Pamela is determined to keep her virtue. Will Mr B succeed, or will Pamela’s virtuous behaviour find its own reward?

A highly influential novel, Pamela is a fascinating study of the struggle for power between men and women.

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