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Clarissa Harlowe
by Richardson, Samuel (ed. Mrs Ward)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, green boards, gilt decoration & titling on cover/spine bright; tanning on endpapers but page block tight and unmarked but
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. (?1890). hardback. Good, green boards, gilt decoration & titling on cover/spine bright; tanning on endpapers but page block tight and unmarked but some foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation with increasing their standing in society leads to obsessive control of their daughter, Clarissa. It is considered one of the longest novels in the English language (based on estimated word count). It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC72017
- Title
- Clarissa Harlowe
- Author
- Richardson, Samuel (ed. Mrs Ward)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, green boards, gilt decoration & titling on cover/spine bright; tanning on endpapers but page block tight and unmarked but
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. (?1890)
- Pages
- 460
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, letters, Richardson, epistolary
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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