TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Samuel AU - Ross,Angus TI - Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady T2 - Penguin classics SN - 0140432159 AV - PR3664 .C4 1985 U1 - 823/.6 19 PY - 1985/// CY - London PB - Peguin Books KW - Young women KW - Crimes against KW - Fiction KW - Conflict of generations KW - Kidnapping victims KW - Rape victims KW - Psychological fiction KW - England KW - Fiction in English, 1702-1745 - Texts KW - lcgft KW - Epistolary fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Preface -- Abbreviations and signs -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Selected further reading -- Note on the text -- Clarissa or, The history of a young lady -- Table of letters -- Table of letter numbers in other editions -- Notes -- Glossary of words and phrases -- Appendix: Music for the 'Ode to Wisdom' in letter 54 N2 - From the Publisher: Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. The virtuous but self-deceiving Clarissa and the charming villain Lovelace haunt the imagination as fully as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde ER -