"I cannot be patient, I cannot be passive, when my virtue is in danger."

Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone and unprotected, is relentlessly pursued by her dead mistress's son. Although she is attracted to young Mr B., she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to defend her virginity and abide by her own moral standards. Psychologically acute in its investigations of sex, freedom and power, Richardson's first novel caused a sensation when it was first published, with its depiction of a servant heroine who dares to assert herself. Richly...

"Oh thou savage-hearted monster What work hast thou made in one guilty hour, for a whole age of repentance "
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. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And yet, Clarissa finds his charm alluring, her scrupulous sense of virtue tinged with unconfessed...

Samuel Richardson's massive seven volume history appeared in 1754, and even Jane Austen could not resist the charms of Sir Charles Grandison. The book is referenced in Northanger Abbey, and Austen herself re-wrote Sir Charles Grandison for an audience of her peers. Now, in the 21st century, The History of Charles Grandison has once again been edited, revised, and modernized. Sir Charles Grandison rescues Miss Harriet Byron from a vile plot. However, he must untangle past intrigues before his history joins his future.

Robert Lovelace, an 18th century rake, follows "The Rake's Creed" in his quest to corrupt Clarissa Harlowe, a young lady of high reputation and esteem, and the only lady in England who seems to have the strength to resist the humor and charms of Mr. Lovelace. This collection of letters includes reconstructed letters alluded to in the original nine volumes, corrects dates, and as Mr. Lovelace writes, "As it is my intention, in all my reflections, to avoid repeating, at least dwelling upon, what I have before written to thee," we have done him justice by removing his repetitive reflections....

One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world "into two different Parties, Pamelists and Anti-pamelists," even eclipsing the sensational factional politics of the day. Preached for its morality, and denounced as pornography in disguise, it vividly describes a young servant's long resistance to the attempts of her predatory master to seduce her. Written in the voice of its low-born heroine,...

JUSTIFICATION BY CHRIST ALONE: 1647. A Fountain of life and comfort, declaring that the whole work of man's salvation was accomplished by Jesus Christ upon the cross, in that He took away andhealed all His, from all sins, and presented them to God holy without fault in His sight. And the Objections against this are answered, for the Consolation of such as believe, that they may not ascribe that which is proper to Christ's Priestly Office, to their believing. Entire New & Enlarged Edition. Additional Treatises include "A Defense of Tobias Crisp" & a Short Treatise on the Resurrection &...

Complete collection of all the available writings of Samuel Richardson. 1645-1658. Volume 1. Collected Writings of Samuel Richardson: Containing - Biographical Sketch - Some Brief Considerations on Doctor Featley's Book / 1645 - The Saint's Desire; or a Cordial for a Fainting Soul / 1647 - Certain Questions Propounded to the Assembly / 1647 - Justification by Christ Alone / 1647 - Necessity of Religious Toleration / 1647 & Plain Dealing / 1656 - Divine Consolations or A Fountain of Life & Comfort / 1649 - An Answer to the London Ministers Letter / 1649 - The Cause of the Poor Pleaded / 1653 -...