Item #141553 Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and particularly showing the Distresses that may attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage. Samuel RICHARDSON.
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and particularly showing the Distresses that may attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and particularly showing the Distresses that may attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and particularly showing the Distresses that may attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage

Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and particularly showing the Distresses that may attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage

London, The Folio Society, 1993 (second printing)/ 1991 (first thus).

Large octavo, two volumes, 780 and [iv], 781-1534 pages plus 25 full-page plates by Simon Brett.

Quarter cloth and watered silk; a fine set in the excellent slipcase (lightly marked).

Edited, with notes and two introductions, by Angus Wilson, who explains that this edition 'offers a complete text of the first edition of Richardson's Clarissa'. Later editions featured revisions in which Richardson altered characters, 'tone and appearance'. The text of this edition 'has been modernized'. [2 items].

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