Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady

By Samuel Richardson

Subjects: Crime (Fiction), Young women, England, fiction, Fiction, general, Kidnapping victims, Crime, fiction, Crimes against, Young women, fiction, Fiction, Rape victims, Conflict of generations

Description: "Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than honorable. This thought-provoking work, written entirely in intimate letters, exposes the delicacy and complexity of affairs of the human heart. The fatal attraction between villain and victim builds and unfolds into a relationship that haunts the imagination as fully as that of Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde."--Back cover.