Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 1483 Richardson, Samuel 1689 1761 Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela;_or,_Virtue_Rewarded Tapio Riikonen and David Widger "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" by Samuel Richardson is a novel written in the early 18th century. This work is significant for its pioneering role in the development of the English novel, particularly in its epistolary form, which tells the story through letters. The narrative centers on Pamela Andrews, a young servant girl who is navigating the challenges of virtue and propriety in a world where her social status puts her at the mercy of her master’s desires. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Pamela through her letters to her parents, which detail her life as a servant after the death of her mistress. While she expresses her grief over the loss and a mix of fear and hope regarding her future, it quickly becomes apparent that her young master is developing an interest in her. She writes about his kindness, including gifts of mourning attire and money, which she delicately describes while also revealing her fears of losing her virtue. The opening letters set the stage for Pamela's internal struggles between gratitude for her master’s generosity and the anxiety of his potentially inappropriate intentions, foreshadowing the central conflicts that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Didactic fiction England -- Fiction Epistolary fiction Master and servant -- Fiction Kidnapping victims -- Fiction Virtue -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PR Text Opera Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1247547 2025-08-03T06:41:25.737098 text/html 1252116 2022-11-17T12:41:33 text/html 557891 2025-08-03T06:41:39.242024 application/epub+zip 577026 2025-08-03T06:41:29.138054 application/epub+zip 565342 2025-08-03T06:41:27.745084 application/epub+zip 921972 2025-08-03T06:41:47.145982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 884073 2025-08-03T06:41:38.368015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 842409 2022-09-03T10:29:12.534590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1194492 2025-08-03T06:41:24.181114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1194273 2022-11-17T12:46:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20288 2025-08-03T06:41:47.289968 application/rdf+xml 13660 2025-08-03T06:41:28.259058 image/jpeg 3739 2025-08-03T06:41:28.001061 image/jpeg 434294 2022-11-17T12:47:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 440061 2022-11-17T12:47:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 518164 2025-08-03T06:41:25.834091 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia