Pamela; or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familliar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. Now first Published In order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of curious and affecting Incidents, is intirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame the Minds they should instruct. To which are perfix'd, extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject.

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Title Pamela; or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familliar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. Now first Published In order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of curious and affecting Incidents, is intirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame the Minds they should instruct. To which are perfix'd, extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject.
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Pagination xxxvi, 1-380, 379-384, 397-644,plates
Date of Publication 1741
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Richardson, Samuel. Pamela; or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familliar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. Now first Published In order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of curious and affecting Incidents, is intirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame the Minds they should instruct. To which are perfix'd, extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26106, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26106. Accessed 2024-04-29. 

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