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Pamela, or Virtue RewardedSamuel Richardson

Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

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Original author: Samuel Richardson

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"Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" by Samuel Richardson is an epistolary novel published in 1740. Through letters and journal entries, fifteen-year-old maidservant Pamela Andrews recounts her employer Mr. B's persistent unwanted advances after his mother's death. Torn between her religious principles and desire for approval, Pamela faces seduction attempts, assaults, and kidnapping as the wealthy landowner pursues her. This groundbreaking work explores virtue, class barriers, and the troubling boundaries between aggression and courtship in eighteenth-century England.

Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, by Samuel Richardson. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #6124.

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51 Chapters

  1. 1.Letter I: Dear Father and Mother,892 words
  2. 2.Letter II: In answer to the preceding704 words
  3. 3.Letter III: Dear Father,295 words
  4. 4.Letter IV: Dear Mother,422 words
  5. 5.Letter V: My Dear Father and Mother,578 words
  6. 6.Letter VI: Dear Father and Mother,407 words
  7. 7.Letter VII: Dear Father,429 words
  8. 8.Letter VIII: Dear Pamela,368 words
  9. 9.Letter IX: Dear Father and Mother,253 words
  10. 10.Letter X: Dear Mother,405 words
  11. 11.Letter XI: Dear Mother,938 words
  12. 12.Letter XII: Dear Mother,1,118 words
  13. 13.Letter XIII: My DEAREST CHILD,301 words
  14. 14.Letter XIV: Dear Father and Mother,820 words
  15. 15.Letter XV: Dear Mother,1,806 words
  16. 16.Letter XVI: My Dear Parents,2,122 words
  17. 17.Letter XVIII: Dear Father and Mother,1,062 words
  18. 18.Letter XIX: Dear Father and Mother,1,729 words
  19. 19.Letter XX: Dear Father and Mother,1,068 words
  20. 20.Letter XXI: My Dear Father and Mother,700 words
  21. 21.Letter XXII: My Dear Father and Mother,1,265 words
  22. 22.Letter XXIII: My Dear Father and Mother,1,469 words
  23. 23.Letter XXIV: Dear Father and Mother,2,488 words
  24. 24.Letter XXV: My Dear Parents,2,304 words
  25. 25.Letter XXVI: My Dear Father and Mother,1,220 words
  26. 26.Letter XXVII: Dear Father and Mother,1,844 words
  1. 27.Letter XXVIII: Dear Father and Mother,1,938 words
  2. 28.Letter XXIX: My Dear Father and Mother,3,051 words
  3. 29.Letter XXX: My Dear Father and Mother,1,889 words
  4. 30.Letter XXXI: Dear Father and Mother,4,809 words
  5. 31.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (1)8,840 words
  6. 32.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (2)8,877 words
  7. 33.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (3)8,594 words
  8. 34.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (4)8,868 words
  9. 35.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (5)8,803 words
  10. 36.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (6)8,792 words
  11. 37.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (7)8,636 words
  12. 38.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (8)8,888 words
  13. 39.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (9)8,837 words
  14. 40.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (10)8,862 words
  15. 41.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (11)8,885 words
  16. 42.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (12)8,760 words
  17. 43.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (13)8,893 words
  18. 44.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (14)8,887 words
  19. 45.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (15)8,836 words
  20. 46.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (16)8,792 words
  21. 47.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (17)8,862 words
  22. 48.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (18)8,451 words
  23. 49.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (19)8,897 words
  24. 50.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (20)8,779 words
  25. 51.Letter XXXII: O My Dearest Father and Mother! (21)3,382 words