And yet, clarissa finds his charm alluring, her scrupulous sense of virtue tinged with unconfessed desire Told through a complex series of interweaving letters, clarissa is a richly ambiguous study of a fatally attracted couple and a work of astonishing power and immediacy. Clarissa tells the story of a virtuous, beautiful young woman who is brought to tragedy by the wickedness of her world The strain of the events causes clarissa to fall ill and then escape from lovelace, and the final part of the novel focuses on her vindication Through many pages, those important to clarissa discover the truth, as does the only family member who believes her, a cousin, colonel morden. Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young clarissa harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair robert lovelace and places herself under his protection.
Or the history of a young lady is an epistolary novel that tells the story of the beautiful, virtuous clarissa and her tragic end First printed the cautionary tale in 1748 in a series of eight volumes. Clarissa harlowe, the tragic heroine of clarissa, is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become very wealthy only in recent years and is now eager to become part of the aristocracy by acquiring estates and titles through advantageous pairings. Clarissa (given name), a female given name clarissa Or, the history of a young lady, a novel by samuel richardson clarissa(film), a 1941 german film clarissa(tv series), a british television drama series based on richardson's novel clarissa, minnesota, a small city in the united states 302 clarissa, an asteroid Samuel richardson ’s clarissa, or, the history of a young lady is an epistolary novel published in 1748
