… 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 … Cambridge, Chadwyck-Healey, Eighteenth-Century Fiction Full-Text Database, 1996. 2 . Samuel Richardson, Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded (London: C. Rivington and J. Osborn, 1740); Clarissa; Or, the History of a Young Lady, ed. Angus Ross …
… Indeed, many contemporary discussions of solitude excluded women from the benefits of solitary retreat. The display of virtues achieved in solitude were believed to be uncommon among women. Regarded as the naturally more sociable sex and …