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A review by franklyfrank
Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
4.0
This was a REALLY divisive book when it was first published. Meaning the entire world was either Pro-Pamela readers and anti-Pamela readers back in 1740.
It was one of the first English Novels, and readers considered it as disguised pornography and I can see why they considered it that.
Pamela, is a virtuous maid servant of 15, whose employer Mr. B makes inappropriate advances to her after his wife’s death. It’s also an epistolary novel where Pamela writes to her parents and tries to keep her virtuousness while working for him.
Pamela is a book that really looks at power and it’s abuses and it’s not only important in the history of literature, I think more people need to read it.
It was one of the first English Novels, and readers considered it as disguised pornography and I can see why they considered it that.
Pamela, is a virtuous maid servant of 15, whose employer Mr. B makes inappropriate advances to her after his wife’s death. It’s also an epistolary novel where Pamela writes to her parents and tries to keep her virtuousness while working for him.
Pamela is a book that really looks at power and it’s abuses and it’s not only important in the history of literature, I think more people need to read it.