Pamela in Her Exalted Condition

Samuel Richardson, Albert J. Rivero

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780521848947
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139334815
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Pamela in Her Exalted Condition follows the heroine of Richardson's hugely popular first novel into married life. In the process, he explores both the experience of women beyond the stage of courtship and provides a fascinating insight into the social and cultural life of the mid eighteenth century. The first ever scholarly edition of the novel, this volume features a critically edited text, general and textual introductions, full annotations and textual apparatus. Appendices describe all the editions published in Richardson's lifetime as well as early nineteenth-century editions. The original illustrations from the popular octavo edition of 1742 and Richardson's index are reproduced. The publication of this novel in the Cambridge edition allows the sequel to Pamela to take its rightful place in the critical study of Richardson's development as a novelist.

Table of contents

• Cover
• THE CAMBRIDGE EDITION OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON 3: PAMELA IN HER EXALTED CONDITION
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CHRONOLOGY
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GENERAL INTRODUCTION
• TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION
• PAMELA; OR, VIRTUE Rewarded
• PREFACE.
• PAMELA; OR, VIRTUE Rewarded: In a Series of Familiar Letters.
• CONCLUSION.
• ADVERTISEMENT.
• APPENDIX I: ROYAL LICENCE FROM OCTAVO EDITION (1742)
• APPENDIX II: CONTENTS FROM OCTAVO EDITION (1742)
• APPENDIX II: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM OCTAVO EDITION (1742)
• EMENDATIONS
• WORD-DIVISION
• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EARLY EDITIONS
• EXPLANATORY NOTES
• Index