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A young woman employed in a household narrates, through a series of letters, her experiences following her mistress's death: she records gratitude for her employer's initial kindness, her parents' anxieties about social advancement and moral danger, and repeated tests of modesty and fidelity alongside the daily details of domestic life. The epistolary form closely observes manners and inner reflections, framing tensions between personal virtue, economic dependence, and social hierarchy, and tracing how steadfastness, reputation, and moral choices shape the unfolding resolution.

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Title: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

Author: Samuel Richardson

Release date: July 1, 2004 [eBook #6124]
Most recently updated: November 17, 2022

Language: English

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PAMELA
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VIRTUE REWARDED

By Samuel Richardson