'Pamela' created a sensation when it was published in 1740 - and it has never ceased to be controversial. Told in a series of letters, it is a story of a serving maid who is relentlessly pursued by her dead mistress's son. In defending her virginity so vigorously, Pamela rebels against the social attitudes which dictated that lower-class girls were not supposed to set a value on themselves. In this respect, and as a fictional tour de force which pointed out new directions in subject, style and form, Pamela is revolutionary. Dealing with matters as serious as the perversion of sex into power and the human need for freedom, it is also an absorbing, often comic, highly charged love story of two countrified, bumptious, ignorant, egotistical and superbly human young people. This edition, based on the 1801 text and incorporating corrections made in 1810, makes Richardson's final version of the original two-volume novel generally available for the first time. This 1987 Penguin Classics Paperback is in good condition. Owner's Name inside. Previous owner's name inside. ISBN: 9780140431407 SKU: 1554408 This image is of the actual book.
