More intent than ever to make Clarissa his wife, Lovelace is called away to attend his dying uncle from whom he is expecting to inherit an Earldom. He orders the prostitutes to keep Clarissa …

An introduction to and summary of the novel Clarissa (1747-48) by Samuel Richardson.

Clarissa tells the story of a virtuous, beautiful young woman who is brought to tragedy by the wickedness of her world. The eighteen-year-old Clarissa Harlowe is universally loved and …

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel that tells the story of the beautiful, virtuous Clarissa and her tragic end. Harrison and Co. first printed the cautionary tale in 1748 …

Miss Clarissa Harlowe, a young Lady of great Delicacy; Mistress of all the Accomplishments, natural and acquired, that adorn the Sex; having the strictest Notions of filial Duty.

Clarissa Explains It All (TV Series 1991–1994) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Feb 4, 1986 · 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 …

Sep 17, 2003 · Clarissa to Miss Howe.—Hardly doubts but her proposals will be accepted. Paints to herself, as her relations arrive one by one, what their deliberations, and the result of them …

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 may refer to: , a female given name , a novel by Samuel Richardson , a 1941 German film , a British television drama series based on Richardson's novel , a small city in the United …