Richardson, Samuel 1689-1761

Overview

Works:	3,386 works in 9,023 publications in 8 languages and 104,844 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Psychological fiction Epistolary fiction Novels History Biography Didactic fiction Romance fiction Abridgments
Roles:	Author, Printer, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Arranger, Attributed name, Bookseller, Dubious author, Contributor, Other, Correspondent, Adapter, Composer, Honoree, Book producer
Classifications:	PR3664, 823.6

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Samuel Richardson

The rise of the novel; studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding by Ian Watt( Book )
Samuel Richardson; a collection of critical essays by John Carroll( Book )
Love and death in the American novel by Leslie A Fiedler( Book )
Samuel Richardson by Austin Dobson( Book )
Five masters : a study in the mutations of the novel by Joseph Wood Krutch( Book )

Samuel Richardson by R. F Brissenden( Book )
Samuel Richardson; dramatic novelist by Mark Kinkead-Weekes( Book )
The rape of Clarissa : writing, sexuality, and class struggle in Samuel Richardson by Terry Eagleton( Book )
Samuel Richardson : a biography by T. C. Duncan Eaves( Book )
Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist by Alan Dugald McKillop( Book )
Samuel Richardson by Elizabeth Bergen Brophy( Book )
Samuel Richardson & the dramatic novel by Ira Konigsberg( Book )
The anthology and the rise of the novel : from Richardson to George Eliot by Leah Price( Book )
Samuel Richardson, a man of letters by Carol Houlihan Flynn( Book )
Heroic commitment in Richardson, Eliot, and James by Patricia McKee( Book )
Virtue, gender, and the authentic self in eighteenth-century fiction : Richardson, Rousseau, and Laclos by Christine Roulston( Book )
Passion and virtue : essays on the novels of Samuel Richardson by David Blewett( Book )
Styles of meaning and meanings of style in Richardson's Clarissa by Gordon D Fulton( Book )
Making gender, culture, and the self in the fiction of Samuel Richardson : the novel individual by Bonnie Latimer( Book )
Pamela : or, Virtue rewarded by Samuel Richardson( Book )

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Most widely held works by Samuel Richardson

Clarissa; or, The history of a young lady by Samuel Richardson( Book )

327 editions published between 1747 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 4,831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richardson's masterpiece in letter form, relates the story of a beautiful woman sacrificed to a heartless libertine

Pamela : or, Virtue rewarded by Samuel Richardson( Book )

164 editions published between 1740 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 2,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a gentleman in 18th century England marrying a servant girl, a challenge to the social hierarchy. This shows a typical representative of the middle class which had already challenged the aristocracy and was beginning to impose its ideal of Protestant respectability and hard work on England and the world

Pamela by Samuel Richardson( Book )

135 editions published between 1901 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Published in 1740, this hugely successful epistolary novel launched Richardson's literary career. Some readers and critics saw the story of the efforts of a virtuous young servant girl to resist the seductions of her master as tendentious if not hypocritical morality, others as sensationalistic near-pornography, and still others as a praiseworthy illustration of Christian morality

The history of Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson( Book )

328 editions published between 1753 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded by Samuel Richardson( Book )

134 editions published between 1769 and 2012 in English and held by 1,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sometimes regarded as the first romance novel, Samuel Richardson's Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded tells the story of a 15-year-old maid named Pamela, whose master, Mr. B, is infatuated by her beauty and intelligence. Unable to propose marriage because of his high rank, Mr. B kidnaps Pamela and locks her away in one of his homes. While Pamela hates her master at the beginning, she comes to realize his true nature and falls in love. A comment on the class structure in English society, the novel was very popular upon its publication in 1740, but came under much criticism because of its perceived vulgarity

The history of Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson( Book )

40 editions published between 1776 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady : comprehending the most important concerns of private life by Samuel Richardson( Book )

76 editions published between 1750 and 1990 in English and German and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The apprentice's vade mecum (1734) by Samuel Richardson( Book )

25 editions published between 1734 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Sir Charles Grandison : in a series of letters, published from the originals by Samuel Richardson( Book )

77 editions published between 1753 and 1754 in English and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clarissa: preface, hints of prefaces, and postscript by Samuel Richardson( Book )

20 editions published between 1964 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady : comprehending the most important concerns of private life, and particularly shewing, the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage by Samuel Richardson( Book )

65 editions published between 1748 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Samuel Richardson's classic tale, Clarissa defies her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth and escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than honorable. The work, written entirely in intimate letters, reveals the complexity of attractions in relationships, especially in that of villain and victim

Pamela : or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents: ... In four volumes by Samuel Richardson( )

36 editions published between 1771 and 1792 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clarissa ; or, The history of a young lady by Samuel Richardson( Book )

38 editions published between 1785 and 1810 in 3 languages and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Sir Charles Grandison : in a series of letters by Samuel Richardson( Book )

50 editions published between 1762 and 2005 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela : or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents: and afterwards, in her exalted condition, between her, and persons of figure and quality, ... The fourth edition, corrected. Vol.III by Samuel Richardson( Book )

45 editions published in 1742 in English and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela by Samuel Richardson( Book )

44 editions published between 1741 and 1781 in French and English and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters by Samuel Richardson( Book )

27 editions published in 1776 in English and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela : or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. ... In two volumes. The second edition. To which are prefixed, extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject. by Samuel Richardson( Book )

48 editions published in 1741 in English and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rise of the novel; studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding by Ian Watt( Book )

4 editions published between 1957 and 1979 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela : a comedy. As it is perform'd gratis, at the late theatre in Goodman's-Fields by Henry Giffard( Book )

21 editions published between 1741 and 1742 in English and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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