The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson
Author of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison

The first edited collection of the correspondence of novelist Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), published in 1804.

Samuel Richardson (Author), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (Edited by)

9781108034111, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

362 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 2 x 14 cm, 0.46 kg

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), the English writer and printer best known for his epistolary novels, including Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1748), had preserved copies of his extensive correspondence with a view to its eventual publication, and these volumes, edited by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and first published in 1804, contain her selection from his papers. Richardson became a printer's apprentice in 1706 and for the rest of his life managed a successful printing business in addition to writing his highly popular and influential novels. After the success of Pamela, Richardson regularly corresponded with leading contemporary literary figures including Henry Fielding and Samuel Johnson. The letters provide fascinating insights into Richardson's life and literary and social activities, as well as discussions of current affairs. Volume 5 contains his correspondence with (among many others) Samuel Johnson.

Correspondence with Lady Echlin
Correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Peckard
Correspondence the Rev. Mark Hildesley (Bishop of Sodor and Mann)
Correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Loftus
Correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Skelton
Correspondence with the Rev. J. Stinstra
Correspondence with Mr. Defreval, Dr. Johnson, &c.
Ode to Mr. Highmore, on Mr. Richardson sitting to him for his picture
Ode on the death of Clarissa, from the German of Major Hoharst
Correspondence with Miss Sack, Mr. Reich, &c.
History of Mrs. Beaumont.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]