… of conversation. For another thing, the interplay takes place between real and fictional letters as Richardson’s three novels are – partly in the case of Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded , and wholly in the case of Clarissa; Or, the History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison – epistolary novels. 2 A network of sociability is fashioned by the very acts of sending and receiving letters, especially as during … 247). The main topic that unites Richardson with his correspondents is discussions on the contents of his epistolary novels , and one of the aims of the novelist is to give rise to discussions or debates about his characters or the plots …