Moreover, Pamela, despite the controversies, was able to shed light on social issues that transcended the novel for the time such as gender roles, early false-imprisonment, and class barriers present in the eighteenth century. Furthermore, Pamela was an early commentary on domestic violence and brought into question the dynamic line between male aggression and a contemporary view of love. A best-seller of its time, Pamela was widely read but was also criticised for its perceived licentiousness and disregard for class barriers. The full title, Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, makes plain Richardson's moral purpose. B and tries to acclimatise to her new position in upper-class society. In the novel's second part Pamela marries Mr. B eventually reforms and makes Pamela a sincere proposal of marriage. After various unsuccessful attempts at seduction, a series of sexual assaults, and an extended period of kidnapping, the rakish Mr. Pamela strives to reconcile her strong religious training with her desire for the approval of her employer in a series of letters and, later in the novel, journal entries all addressed to her impoverished parents. B, a wealthy landowner, makes unwanted and inappropriate advances towards her after the death of his mother. Pamela tells the story of a fifteen-year-old maidservant named Pamela Andrews, whose employer, Mr. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage. Her doubts, along with the well-placed words of another, threaten to destroy the peace she finds in Darcy's company and she wonders if she has again failed to correctly sketch his character.Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by English writer Samuel Richardson. Their daily encounters in the woods surrounding Rosings soothes Elizabeth's weathered conscience and she soon falls in love.
Darcy on her journey and his gentlemanly behavior confuses, yet comforts her. She carries a secret that would ruin her family if exposed and she must deceive the ones closest to her to conceal the truth.
What if a tragic event involving a beloved sister shatters Elizabeth Bennet's confidence in her ability to accurately judge a person's character? When she leaves Longbourn for Kent, Elizabeth's heart is full of worry for those she left behind.
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