false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175559863m/529243.jpg 529243 26 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. 2767990 1748 Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (Penguin Classics) total:386|5:67|4:94|3:122|2:66|1:37| 386 1246 799 47 5 4 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:15:55 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 15:07:59 -0800 2009 Once
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Clarissa is a far cry from Pamela's mo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 1981 Sat Oct 03 17:57:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:19:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 09 08:52:56 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 08:55:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 14:40:53 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:19:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 07 08:18:27 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 08:20:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 16 23:08:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 13:04:50 -0700 2008 Epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1747-48. Richardson first presents the heroine, Clarissa Harlowe, when she is discovering the barely masked motives of her family, who want to force her into a loveless marriage to improve their fortunes. When Lovelace, a romantic who...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 28 22:57:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 23:00:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 12 15:42:19 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:26:41 -0800 2009 Clarrissa (unabridged) assigned to them for a class.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 10 10:07:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:09:25 -0800 2008 ]]> 1 0 false false Wed Apr 08 19:34:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 19:35:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 11:00:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:02:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 12:12:05 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 21 08:57:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Thu Jul 09 12:33:32 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:35:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 17:59:24 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 18:01:38 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 11:17:46 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 11:19:04 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Jul 19 07:40:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:41:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 18:54:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 18:55:11 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=529243