Clarissa - Couverture souple

Richardson, Samuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551114755 ISBN 13 : 9781551114750

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2010

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A propos du livre

Book Description :

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.

The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature :

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 holds the code of the Harlowes in contempt, offers her protection, she runs off with him. She is physically attracted by if not actually in love with Lovelace, but she is to discover that he wants her only on his own terms and she refuses to marry him. In Lovelace's letters to his friend Belford, Richardson shows that what is driving him to conquest and finally to rape is really revenge for her family's insults and his sense of Clarissa's moral superiority. For Clarissa, however, accepting marriage as a convenience is no better than accepting the opportunistic moral code of her family. As the novel comes to its long-drawn-out close, she is removed from the world of both the Harlowes and the Lovelaces, and she dies true to herself to the end.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1551114755
• ISBN 13: 9781551114750
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 808