This volume documents the literary controversy and debate over Samuel Richardson's novel, "Pamela", published in 1741. It brings together and reprints key sourc

Since the publication of his novel Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded in 1740, Samuel Richardson's place in the English literary tradition has been secured. But how can

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This collection of essays offers insights into the ways in which eighteenth-century novels have been adapted and appropriated by later writers. It will be of in