Samuel Richardson (1) (1689–1761)
Auteur de Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Samuel Richardson, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
A printer and bookseller who wrote love letters for servant girls as an apprentice, studied nights to improve himself, and married the boss's daughter, Samuel Richardson undertook at age 50 to write a book of sample courtesy notes, marriage proposals, job applications, and business letters for afficher plus young people. While imagining situations for this book, he recalled an old scandal and developed it into Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740--44), a novel about a servant girl whose firmness, vitality, literacy, and superior intelligence turn her master's lust into a decorous love that leads to their marriage. All of Pamela's virtues of fresh characterization, immediacy (what Richardson called "writing to the moment" of the character's consciousness), and the involvement of the reader in the character's intense and fluctuating fantasies, together with a much more focused seriousness, a more varied and differentiated cast of letter writers, and a more fundamental examination of moral and social issues, make his second novel, Clarissa Hawlowe (1747--48), a masterpiece. Although anyone who reads this huge novel for its plot may hang himself (as Richardson's friend Samuel Johnson said), readers have been fascinated by the complex conflict between Clarissa Harlowe and Robert Lovelace, two of the most fully realized characters, psychologically and socially, in all of literature. Like such great successors as Rousseau (see Vol. 3), an acknowledged follower of Richardson, Dostoevsky (see Vol. 2), and D. H. Lawrence, Richardson understands and shows us, in Diderot's (see Vols. 2 and 4) appreciative image, the black recesses of the cave of the mind. Although Richardson's last novel, Sir Charles Grandison (1753--54), like Pamela Part II , mainly undertakes comic delineation of manners, it also examines the serious issues of love between a Protestant and a Catholic, and experiments technically with flashbacks, with stenographic reports, and most assertively with a pure hero, a male Clarissa of irresistible charm and power. At its best, Richardson's work fuses the epistolary technique, the use of dramatic scenes, the traditions of religious biography, and the elements of current romantic fiction to achieve precise analysis, an air of total verisimilitude, and a vision of a world of primal psychological forces in conflict. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Samuel Richardson
Lettres anglaises, ou, Histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlove, trans Antoine Prevost (1747) 1,512 exemplaires, 28 critiques
Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Riverside edition (Abridged) (1962) 176 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady [Signet Classics abridged] (2005) 85 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Pamela in Her Exalted Condition (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Samuel Richardson) (2012) 8 exemplaires
The correspondence of Samuel Richardson ... selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family :… (1964) 6 exemplaires
Clarissa Harlowe, or the history of a young lady (in 9 volumes) and Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (mobi) (2009) 5 exemplaires
Pamela : Volume 2 (Everyman Classics S) 4 exemplaires
The works of Samuel Richardson : with a sketch of his life and writings.... Volume VIII: Clarissa. Book 4 (2016) 3 exemplaires
Works of Samuel Richardson Vol 11 of 19 3 exemplaires
Reading & Training : Samuel Richardson : Pamela [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 3 exemplaires
The works of Samuel Richardson : with a sketch of his life and writings.... Volume II: Pamela. Book 2 3 exemplaires
The works of Samuel Richardson : with a sketch of his life and writings.... Volume III: Pamela. Book 3 3 exemplaires
Sir Charles Grandison 4 Volume Set (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Samuel Richardson) (2022) 2 exemplaires
The works of Samuel Richardson : with a sketch of his life and writings.... Volume XVIII: The history of Sir Charles… 2 exemplaires
The history of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters. By Mr. Samuel Richardson, ... In seven volumes. Vol. V. 2 exemplaires
Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family (The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson) (2013) 2 exemplaires
Clarissa : or, The history of a young lady comprehending the most important concerns of private life ... 2 exemplaires
Paméla, ou la Vertu Recompensée - Tome Troisieme 1 exemplaire
Clarissa (2 Volumes In 1 Slipcase) 1 exemplaire
Clarissa (1st ed.) 1 exemplaire
Pamela o la virtù ricompensata 1 exemplaire
Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded : In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents, and… 1 exemplaire
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Sir Charles Grandison. Vol.3 1 exemplaire
Hrn. Samuel Richardsons Sittenlehre für die Jugend 1 exemplaire
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, vol 1 1 exemplaire
The History of Clarrisa Harlowe - Part 1 (The Novels of Mr. Samuel Richardson - Volume 5) (1999) 1 exemplaire
Clarissa: History of a Young Lady, Vol. 1 of 11 (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) (2007) 1 exemplaire
Lettres angloises, ou Histoire de miss Clarisse Harlove. [Trad. par A.-F. Prévost]. T. 2-6 1 exemplaire
Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded; Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Correspondence with Sarah Wescomb, Frances Grainger and Laetitia Pilkington (The Cambridge Edition of the… (2014) 1 exemplaire
Sir Charles Grandison. Vol.1 1 exemplaire
Sir Charles Grandison. Vol.2 1 exemplaire
Complete Works of Samuel Richardson Parts Edition 1 exemplaire
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Lettres Angloises, ou Histoire de Miss. Clarisse Harlove, Vol. 1: Augmentée de l'Éloge de Richardson, des Lettres… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Samuel Richardson : correspondence primarily on Sir Charles Grandison (1750-1754) (2014) 1 exemplaire
Clarissa (Volume 2); Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; and… (2010) 1 exemplaire
Letters Written to and for Particular Friends, on the Most Important Occasions. Directing not Only the Requisite Stile… (2018) 1 exemplaire
Lettres angloises, ou Histoire de Miss Clarissa Harlowe, augm. de l'eloge de Richardson, des lettres posthumes &… 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1689-08-19
- Date de décès
- 1761-07-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- St Bride's Church, London, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Great Britain
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Mackworth, Derbyshire, England
- Lieu du décès
- Parson's Green, England, Great Britain
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- Mackworth, Derbyshire, England
London, England, Great Britain
Parson's Green, England, Great Britain - Études
- Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sussex, England
- Professions
- printer
publisher
novelist - Relations
- Pilkington, Laetitia (friend)
Membres
Discussions
Group read - Clarissa by Samuel Richardson à 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Décembre 2012)
[Pamela], by Samuel Richardson à 1001 Books to read before you die (Décembre 2007)
Critiques
Listes
Epistolary Books (3)
United Kingdom (1)
1740s (1)
Didactic Fiction (1)
Out of Copyright (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 126
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 5,142
- Popularité
- #4,845
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 86
- ISBN
- 360
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1