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Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics. Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress's son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Psychologically acute in its explorations of sex, freedom and power, Richardson's first novel caused a sensation when it was published, with its depiction of a servant heroine who dares to…

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 published. Richly comic and lively, Pamela contains a diverse cast of characters ranging from the vulgar and malevolent Mrs Jewkes to the agressive but awkward country squire. "The Penguin English Library" - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

'Pamela under the Notion of being a Virtuous Modest Girl will be introduced into all Familes,and when she gets there, what Scenes does she represent? Why a fine young Gentleman endeavouring to debauch a beautiful young Girl of Sixteen.' (Pamela Censured, 1741) One of the most spectacular successes of the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteeent-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world 'into two different Parties, Pamelists and Antipamelists', even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day. Preached up for its…

"Памела, или Вознагражденная добродетель" — одно из наиболее значительных произведений Англии XVIII века, написанное в форме эпистолярного романа. Автор демонстрирует всю сложность взаимоотношений двух сословий: аристократии и простолюдинов с точки зрения пятнадцатилетней служанки Памелы.

Аглинская нравоучительная повѣсть Въ IV Частяхъ Переведенная съ Французскаго языка. ПРЕДИСЛОВІЕ французскаго переводчика Не большое сіе Сочиненіе столь благосклонно въ Англіи было принято, что въ одинъ годъ онаго пять тисненій вышло. Оное доказываетъ, что издатель умѣлъ найти вкусъ общественной; однако же оно также какъ и прочія, было подвержено порицанію. Но гдѣ найти такое твореніе, которое бы не порицалось! Сидъ (* Г. де ла Бруера.) есть изъ лучшихъ Поемъ, какую только сочинить было возможно; не оставлено было безъ осужденія. Слѣдственно не должно казаться удивительнымъ, что и Памела была осуждаема. Однако я не стану…