Richardson, Samuel 1689-1761

Overview

Works:	2,079 works in 7,972 publications in 9 languages and 105,383 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Psychological fiction Epistolary fiction History Novels Didactic fiction Romance fiction Biography Juvenile works
Roles:	Author, Printer, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Arranger, Attributed name, Bookseller, Dubious author, Contributor, Other, Book producer
Classifications:	PR3664, 823.6

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Samuel Richardson

The anthology and the rise of the novel : from Richardson to George Eliot by Leah Price( )
The rise of the novel; studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding by Ian Watt( Book )
Virtue, gender, and the authentic self in eighteenth-century fiction : Richardson, Rousseau, and Laclos by Christine Roulston( )
Samuel Richardson; a collection of critical essays by John Carroll( Book )
Styles of meaning and meanings of style in Richardson's Clarissa by Gordon D Fulton( )

Samuel Richardson, a man of letters by Carol Houlihan Flynn( )
Passion and virtue : essays on the novels of Samuel Richardson by David Blewett( )
Samuel Richardson & the dramatic novel by Ira Konigsberg( Book )
Love and death in the American novel by Leslie A Fiedler( Book )
Reason and religion in Clarissa : Samuel Richardson and 'the famous Mr. Norris, of Bemerton' by Derek Taylor( )
Samuel Richardson by Austin Dobson( Book )
Heroic commitment in Richardson, Eliot, and James by Patricia McKee( )
Five masters : a study in the mutations of the novel by Joseph Wood Krutch( Book )
Making gender, culture, and the self in the fiction of Samuel Richardson : the novel individual by Bonnie Latimer( )
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 by Elizabeth Bergen Brophy( Book )
Samuel Richardson by R. F Brissenden( Book )
Samuel Richardson : a biography by T. C. Duncan Eaves( Book )
Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist by Alan Dugald McKillop( Book )

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Most widely held works by Samuel Richardson

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

270 editions published between 1748 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 5,453 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 )

104 editions published between 1740 and 2016 in English and French and held by 3,491 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 )

159 editions published between 1750 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 2,751 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - The Original Classic Edition

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

273 editions published between 1754 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 2,696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sir Charles Grandison / Samuel Richardson

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

132 editions published between 1753 and 1932 in English and held by 1,863 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

121 editions published between 1769 and 2012 in English and held by 1,483 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 Henry Giffard( )

66 editions published between 1741 and 1742 in English and held by 1,325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

110 editions published between 1754 and 1796 in English and held by 1,149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

71 editions published between 1750 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

30 editions published between 1786 and 2011 in English and English, Old and held by 793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on actual events, Pamela is the story of a young girl who goes to work in a private residence and finds herself pursued by her employer's son, described as a 'gentleman of free principles.' Unfolding through letters, the novel depicts with much feeling Pamela's struggles to decide how to respond to her would-be seducer and to determine her place in society

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

45 editions published between 1759 and 1810 in 3 languages and held by 749 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( )

67 editions published between 1748 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 718 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( )

46 editions published between 1741 and 1792 in English and held by 693 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( )

48 editions published in 1741 in English and held by 678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pamela by Samuel Richardson( )

36 editions published between 1741 and 1742 in French and English and held by 500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Sir Charles Grandison : abridged from the works of Samuel Richardson by Samuel Richardson( )

42 editions published between 1753 and 2005 in English and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The paths of virtue delineated : or, the history in miniature of the celebrated Pamela, Clarissa Harlowe, and Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson( )

17 editions published between 1768 and 1777 in English and held by 412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

31 editions published in 1776 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

25 editions published between 1734 and 1993 in English and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

22 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in English and held by 333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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