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Samuel Richardson

Born

in Mackworth, Derbyshire, England

August 19, 1689

Died

July 04, 1761

Genre

Fiction

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Pamela (1740) and Clarissa Harlowe (1748) of English writer Samuel Richardson helped to legitimize the novel as a literary form in English.

An established printer and publisher for most of his life, Richardson wrote his first novel at the age of 51. He is best known for his major 18th-century epistolary novel Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

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Samuel Richardson’s books

Average rating: 3.02 · 23,509 ratings · 2,122 reviews · 1,683 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pamela 2.78 avg rating — 11,159 ratings — published 1740 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.40 avg rating — 8,583 ratings — published 1748 — 376 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pamela by Samuel Richardson, Thomas Keymer (Editor), Alice Wakely (Editor) 2.66 avg rating — 2,616 ratings — 615 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 1 (of 9) 3.38 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1748 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Sir Charles Grandison Bart 3.60 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1753 — 304 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 2 (of 9) 3.37 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1748 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady - Volume 3 (of 9) 3.31 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1748 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 (of 9) 3.29 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1748 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pamela : Volume 2 3.47 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1741 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady, Volume 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady (9 books)
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Quotes by Samuel Richardson (?)

“I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.”
― Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

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“Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.”
― Samuel Richardson, Pamela

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“Tired of myself longing for what I have not”
― Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

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Polls

Fourth Quarter 2014 Long Read

1862, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, 1463 pages

35 votes, 20.8%

1605, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 982 pages

25 votes, 14.9%

1954, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1178 pages

21 votes, 12.5%

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

20 votes, 11.9%

1844, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1276 pages

17 votes, 10.1%

800 BC, The Iliad by Homer, 683 pages

11 votes, 6.5%

1874, The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, 723 pages

11 votes, 6.5%

1957, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages

9 votes, 5.4%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages

8 votes, 4.8%

1930, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, 1774 pages

5 votes, 3.0%

1996, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages

5 votes, 3.0%

1748, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, 1534 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

168 total votes

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