Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Richardson’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 4 novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The complete translation of AESOP’S FABLES, first time in digital print
* Special numerical and alphabetical contents tables for the fables
* Includes Richardson’s non-fiction, with rare essays – spend hours exploring the author’s wide range of texts
* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Richardson’s contribution to literature
* Features two biographies, including Thomson’s seminal study – discover Richardson’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Novels
PAMELA; OR, VIRTUE REWARDED
PAMELA IN HER EXALTED CONDITION
CLARISSA; OR THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY
THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON
The Fables
AESOP’S FABLES
The Non-Fiction
THE INFIDEL CONVICTED
THE APPRENTICE’S VADE MECUM
THE SEASONABLE EXAMINATION OF THE PLEAS AND PRETENSIONS
LETTERS WRITTEN TO AND FOR PARTICULAR FRIENDS
A TOUR THRO’ THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN
COPY OF LETTER TO A LADY, WHO WAS SOLICITOUS FOR AN ADDITIONAL VOLUME TO THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON
ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM A FRIEND
SIX ORIGINAL LETTERS UPON DUELLING
PREFACE TO AUBIN: A COLLECTION OF ENTERTAINING HISTORIES AND NOVELS
The Poetry
A VERSE FROM THE GENTLEMAN S MAGAZINE
The Criticism
REMARKS ON CLARISSA, &c. by Sarah Fielding
THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS by William Hazlitt
The Biographies
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON by Sir Walter Scott
SAMUEL RICHARDSON: A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY by Clara Linklater Thomson
