Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 2283 Richardson, Samuel 1689 1761 Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Tapio Riikonen and David Widger Updated: 2022-11-17. "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" by Samuel Richardson is a novel written in the early 18th century. This work is significant for its pioneering role in the development of the English novel, particularly in its epistolary form, which tells the story through letters. The narrative centers on Pamela Andrews, a young servant girl who is navigating the challenges of virtue and propriety in a world where her social status puts her at the mercy of her master’s desires. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Pamela through her letters to her parents, which detail her life as a servant after the death of her mistress. While she expresses her grief over the loss and a mix of fear and hope regarding her future, it quickly becomes apparent that her young master is developing an interest in her. She writes about his kindness, including gifts of mourning attire and money, which she delicately describes while also revealing her fears of losing her virtue. The opening letters set the stage for Pamela's internal struggles between gratitude for her master’s generosity and the anxiety of his potentially inappropriate intentions, foreshadowing the central conflicts that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Didactic fiction England -- Fiction Epistolary fiction Master and servant -- Fiction Kidnapping victims -- Fiction Virtue -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PR Text Opera Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1247410 1247345 2024-10-03T08:00:56.917078 2023-10-03T07:32:37.748242 text/html text/html 1252116 2022-11-17T12:41:33 text/html 557869 2024-10-03T08:01:17.079989 application/epub+zip 577094 2024-10-03T08:01:00.909056 application/epub+zip 565409 2024-10-03T08:00:59.157077 application/epub+zip 922002 2024-10-03T08:01:28.643922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 884073 2024-10-03T08:01:15.475009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 842409 2022-09-03T10:29:12.534590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1194492 1194478 2024-10-03T08:00:54.962116 2023-10-03T07:32:36.086174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1194273 2022-11-17T12:46:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21455 2024-10-03T08:01:29.382909 application/rdf+xml 13660 2024-10-03T08:00:59.732072 image/jpeg 3739 2024-10-03T08:00:59.446069 image/jpeg 434294 2022-11-17T12:47:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 440061 2022-11-17T12:47:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 518122 2024-10-03T08:00:57.028107 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia