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The Samuel Richardson Library

The Samuel Richardson Library

By: Samuel Richardson
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Enter a world of letters, secrets, virtue, temptation, and consequence.

The Samuel Richardson Library presents the complete works of one of the great founders of the English novel, read in full. Here are private thoughts committed to paper, hearts tested by love and ambition, and characters forced to choose between desire, duty, reputation, and conscience.

From the trials of Pamela to the devastating moral drama of Clarissa, these are stories in which every letter may conceal a motive, reveal a confidence, or alter a life.

Attend closely, for in Richardson’s world, the most dangerous battles are often fought upon the page.Public domain
Episodes
  • Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter VI

    Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter VI
    20 Oct 2026
    In which the gentle Clarissa recounts her family’s deliberations and their cautious consent to her visiting a dear friend, all amid the shadow of unwelcome attentions and domestic stratagems. The affectionate correspondence reveals the tender balance of protection, pride, and predicament that governs her movements and the intentions of those around her.
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    12 min
  • Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter IV

    Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter IV
    19 Oct 2026
    In which Clarissa Harlowe recounts the increasing discord within her family occasioned by Mr. Lovelace’s visits and her brother’s vehement opposition to him, revealing a complicated rivalry marked by pride, resentment, and ill temper. She also shares the family’s divided impressions of Mr. Lovelace’s character and the consequences of their disputes, all set against the background of her grandfather’s careful estate provisions that honour her dutifulness and favour her future.
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    26 min
  • Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter I

    Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter I
    18 Oct 2026
    In which a concerned and affectionate friend writes at length to clarify the uneasy stir caused by a violent encounter involving the family and a gentleman named Lovelace, seeking a candid account of all preceding events to justify the young lady's conduct amidst public scrutiny. The letter reveals a delicate balance of familial tension, social expectations, and the painful burden of exemplary virtue thrust upon a young woman noted for her quiet benevolence.
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    8 min
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