Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript
1748
Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript
1748
Published in 1748, Samuel Richardson's 'Clarissa' is an epistolary novel that explores the moral and psychological struggles of its titular character, Clarissa Harlowe. Pressured by her family to marry a wealthy suitor she despises, Clarissa is manipulated into fleeing with the charming but deceitful Robert Lovelace, leading to her tragic downfall. The novel delves into themes of virtue, honor, and the consequences of moral failings, making it a significant work in the canon of English literature and a precursor to modern psychological fiction.
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“I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.””
— Samuel Richardson
“Tired of myself longing for what I have not””
— Samuel Richardson
“By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.””
— Samuel Richardson
“Familiarity destroys reverence.””
— Samuel Richardson
“You know not the value of the heart you have insulted... You, sir, I thank you, have lowered my fortunes: but, I bless God, that my mind is not sunk with my fortunes. It is, on the contrary, raised above fortune, and above you[.]””
— Samuel Richardson
“My heart and my hand shall never be separated.””
— Samuel Richardson
“The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.””
— Samuel Richardson
“Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.””
— Samuel Richardson
“But these great minds cannot avoid doing extraordinary things!””
— Samuel Richardson
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