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Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was an English writer and printer. Born the son of a carpenter, Richardson received a limited education before becoming a printer’s apprentice. He est...view moreSamuel Richardson (1689-1761) was an English writer and printer. Born the son of a carpenter, Richardson received a limited education before becoming a printer’s apprentice. He established his own shop in 1719 and received his first major contract in 1723, printing a bi-weekly Jacobite newspaper which was soon censored. Having married in 1721, Richardson and his wife Martha Wilde suffered the loss of several sons before Martha succumbed to illness in 1732. Devastated, Richardson eventually remarried and focused on his career, earning a contract with the House of Commons in 1733 and hiring several apprentices to assist him at his shop. During this time, Richardson turned to fiction, publishing his first novel, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in 1740, a work now considered the first modern novel. Throughout the remainder of his career, he published two more epistolary novels—Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753)—while continuing his work as a prominent and successful printer. He published and befriended many of the leading writers of his time, including Daniel Defoe, Sarah Fielding, and Samuel Johnson.view less
Books by Samuel Richardson
The Greatest Regency Romances of All Time Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pamela Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clarissa [volumes 1 to 9] (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #55] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady - Complete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPamela, or Virtue Rewarded Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sir Charles Grandison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPamela, or Virtue Rewarded Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPamela, or Virtue Rewarded Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Samuel Richardson
Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Volume 1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clarissa (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa, or The History of a Young Lady, Volume 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady, Volume 3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Postscript to Clarissa (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 7 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPamela (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 8 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5