Pamela
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788876843570 (8876843574)
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: Frassinelli
Pages no: 648
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
College,
18th Century,
Fiction
The more I read of the 18th century, the more I am astonished how long it took people to figure out how to tell a story.About a quarter of the way through writing 'Pamela' Richardson seems to have realized that the epistolary format is awkward and prevents the author from putting in any sense of sus...
I did it!! It took me 4.5 weeks, but I READ PAMELA!I actually enjoyed the first half or so, as Pamela tried to find her new place in the household; and then as she tried to negotiate an escape. But the last 150 pages was just a slog. The book got too preachy (the rules, ugh!), and too dragged out as...
Creepy 18th-century Guy: Hey, baby. Now that my mom died, I’m your boss now.Innocent Maidservant: Um, yeah. I know.CG: But don’t worry. I’ll take reeeeaaaallly good care of you.IM: ...thanks?CG: And I’m sure you’ll want to be nice to me right back, if you know what I’m saying. Wink, wink. Nudge, nud...
This book made me genuinely ragey. It's an eighteenth-century, epistolary novel written from the point of view of Pamela Andrews, a serving-girl whose mistress dies and leaves her to the unwanted advances of Mr B., her mistress' son. Mr B., a charming piece of work, kidnaps Pamela and locks her ...
I wish I could give this book no stars because it was so tortuous. The story is horrible, the characterization flat, and it drags on forever. Sweet, virtuous Pamela is just trying to protect her lady jewel and keep her impoverished parents proud. Upon the death of her lady, who she was a waiting mai...
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