Clarissa Harlowe; Or The History Of A Young Lady - Volume 1 (of 9) (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Ooookay... so Volume 1 of 9. Here is a quick synopsis of nearly 200 pages:Clarissa (with the back of her hand pressed to her forehead in classically melodramatic style): "I shant! I shant marry Mr. Solmes. Please just let me be single!"Various family members: "Why must you be so obstinate and spoiled? You're locked in the house until you learn to obey."Mr. Lovelace lurks in the shadows and plots how he can conquer Clarissa, although her family despises him since he tried to kill her brother in a duel.Mr. Solmes hovers on the edges of the plot and wrings his hands while he waits for the family to prevail in convincing Clarissa to marry him.For the first two-thirds of the volume, Clarissa insists she has no interest in Mr. Lovelace, only to inexplicably change her mind after he accosts her in the garden.In usual Richardson style, the story is presented in a series of letters written by Clarissa and various other characters - it's a bit of a tedious format for a book this long. Really, it's just tedious period. I'm hoping it gets better, but I'm a good way into the second volume and not much has changed.
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