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A review by annamaria_ts
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
4.0
Imagine having Richardson as a relative: at least one holiday meal would end with someone hitting him with a pan to stop the incessant moralizing.
I couldn't believe it was possible for a book to be more prudish than Clarissa was, but Pamela wins, hands down. I suspect she is so damned perfect because she is a servant and Richardson overcorrects, if only to make his readers see her as a person.
I had fun reading Pamela, even though I didn't like a single character (an impressive feat). Especially her - eventually - husband. That guy was insufferable as a rake and even more insufferable when he started giving her lists of rules as if he had a leg to stand on. Yuk. There was a lot of the nice drama I loved in Clarissa, especially in the beginning.
I couldn't believe it was possible for a book to be more prudish than Clarissa was, but Pamela wins, hands down. I suspect she is so damned perfect because she is a servant and Richardson overcorrects, if only to make his readers see her as a person.
I had fun reading Pamela, even though I didn't like a single character (an impressive feat). Especially her - eventually - husband. That guy was insufferable as a rake and even more insufferable when he started giving her lists of rules as if he had a leg to stand on. Yuk. There was a lot of the nice drama I loved in Clarissa, especially in the beginning.