Pamela or Virtue Rewarded
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Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
By Samuel Richardson
Background
Patriarchal ([ˌ peitri'ɑ:kəl] 家长的, 族长的)society
Freedom, property, power only for man A woman is a slave in a man’s world.
Reception
Pamela was the bestseller of its time. Fine ladies in public places used to hold up the “neat pocket-volumes ”to one another, to show that they possessed the novel of which everyone was talking. It was read by countless buyers of the novel and was also read aloud in groups. An anecdote which has been repeated in varying forms since 1777 described the novel's reception in an English village: "The blacksmith of the village had got hold of Richardson's novel of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, and used to read it aloud in the long summer evenings, seated on his anvil, and never failed to have a large and attentive audience....At length, when the happy turn of fortune arrived, which brings the hero and heroine together, and sets them living long and happily...the congregation were so delighted as to raise a great shout, and procuring the church keys, actually set the parish bells ringing.“
Pamela is a new thing:
It discarded the “ improbable and marvellous ”accomplishments if the former heroic romances and pictured the life and love of ordinary people. Its intention was to afford not merely entertainment but also moral instruction. It described not only the sayings and doings of the characters but also their secret thoughts and feelings. It was ,in fact, the first English psycho-analytical noe Rewarded is an epistolary [i'pistələri] novel (Epistolary Novel: A type of novel in which the narrative is carried on by means of series of letters. Samuel Richardson’s Pamela (1740) and Clarissa Harlowe (1748) are among the best known epistolary novels. It can be classified into two kinds: the monologue epistolary novel and the dialogue epistolary novel. ) by Samuel Richardson, first published in 1740. The story was a bestseller of its time and was very widely read, even though it also received criticism for its perceived
Pamela is concerning the rights of women. Furthermore not just middle to upper class women, although the lower class women that Pamela corresponds to. Even though Pamela is sole in her class structure ,she is more than the average poor working girl, she tranquil portrays a strong individual that is all about her honesty as well as virtue the only things that she can grasp onto. These traits are the just thing that Mr. B cannot take away from her attempt as he might. She for eternity threatened with the outlook of rape, which hangs over her.
Pamela
A complex and contradictory character
An innocent, virtuous girl, fighting for her chastity, moving her master to propose marriage to her A calculated, cunning woman, plotting to trap a rich fool into marriage; To use virtue to get a great fortune
The problem of marriage
Dowry （嫁妆） : Marriage is a business deal or contract. The only thing to be considered is profit and gain Double standards: Chastity（贞操） is only important to women. It means nothing to men. By doing heroic deeds, the knights are trying their best to conquer more women. So high-positioned men tend to be more promiscuous（随便的）, while lower-positioned women tend to be more virtuous.
licentiousness ([lai'senʃəsnis] n. 放荡; 不道德).
Aim:
to show virtue rewarded
Major characters:
Pamela—home maid Mr. B.—a noble class man
Main story
It tells the story of a beautiful but poor 15-year old servant-maid named Pamela Andrews whose master, Mr. B, a nobleman, makes unwanted advances towards her after the death of his mother whose maid she was since the age of 12. Mr. B is infatuated with her, first by her looks and then her innocence and intelligence but his high rank hinders him from proposing marriage. He abducts(绑架) her and locks her up in one of his estates and attempts to seduce and rape her. She rejects him continually refusing to be his mistress（情妇） though she begins to realize that she is falling in love with him. He intercepts（拦截） and reads her letters to her parents and becomes even more enamored（被迷住的） by her innocence and intelligence and her continuous attempts to escape. Her virtue is eventually rewarded when he shows his sincerity by proposing an equitable marriage to her as his legal wife. In the second part of the novel, Pamela attempts to accommodate herself to upper-class society and to build a successful relationship with him. She suffers with dignity and sweetness the burden if a profligate husband.Then “she behaved herself with so much dignity,sweetness,and humility,that she made herself beloved of everybody and even by his relations who at first despised her.”
By Samuel Richardson
Background
Patriarchal ([ˌ peitri'ɑ:kəl] 家长的, 族长的)society
Freedom, property, power only for man A woman is a slave in a man’s world.
Reception
Pamela was the bestseller of its time. Fine ladies in public places used to hold up the “neat pocket-volumes ”to one another, to show that they possessed the novel of which everyone was talking. It was read by countless buyers of the novel and was also read aloud in groups. An anecdote which has been repeated in varying forms since 1777 described the novel's reception in an English village: "The blacksmith of the village had got hold of Richardson's novel of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, and used to read it aloud in the long summer evenings, seated on his anvil, and never failed to have a large and attentive audience....At length, when the happy turn of fortune arrived, which brings the hero and heroine together, and sets them living long and happily...the congregation were so delighted as to raise a great shout, and procuring the church keys, actually set the parish bells ringing.“
Pamela is a new thing:
It discarded the “ improbable and marvellous ”accomplishments if the former heroic romances and pictured the life and love of ordinary people. Its intention was to afford not merely entertainment but also moral instruction. It described not only the sayings and doings of the characters but also their secret thoughts and feelings. It was ,in fact, the first English psycho-analytical noe Rewarded is an epistolary [i'pistələri] novel (Epistolary Novel: A type of novel in which the narrative is carried on by means of series of letters. Samuel Richardson’s Pamela (1740) and Clarissa Harlowe (1748) are among the best known epistolary novels. It can be classified into two kinds: the monologue epistolary novel and the dialogue epistolary novel. ) by Samuel Richardson, first published in 1740. The story was a bestseller of its time and was very widely read, even though it also received criticism for its perceived
Pamela is concerning the rights of women. Furthermore not just middle to upper class women, although the lower class women that Pamela corresponds to. Even though Pamela is sole in her class structure ,she is more than the average poor working girl, she tranquil portrays a strong individual that is all about her honesty as well as virtue the only things that she can grasp onto. These traits are the just thing that Mr. B cannot take away from her attempt as he might. She for eternity threatened with the outlook of rape, which hangs over her.
Pamela
A complex and contradictory character
An innocent, virtuous girl, fighting for her chastity, moving her master to propose marriage to her A calculated, cunning woman, plotting to trap a rich fool into marriage; To use virtue to get a great fortune
The problem of marriage
Dowry （嫁妆） : Marriage is a business deal or contract. The only thing to be considered is profit and gain Double standards: Chastity（贞操） is only important to women. It means nothing to men. By doing heroic deeds, the knights are trying their best to conquer more women. So high-positioned men tend to be more promiscuous（随便的）, while lower-positioned women tend to be more virtuous.
licentiousness ([lai'senʃəsnis] n. 放荡; 不道德).
Aim:
to show virtue rewarded
Major characters:
Pamela—home maid Mr. B.—a noble class man
Main story
It tells the story of a beautiful but poor 15-year old servant-maid named Pamela Andrews whose master, Mr. B, a nobleman, makes unwanted advances towards her after the death of his mother whose maid she was since the age of 12. Mr. B is infatuated with her, first by her looks and then her innocence and intelligence but his high rank hinders him from proposing marriage. He abducts(绑架) her and locks her up in one of his estates and attempts to seduce and rape her. She rejects him continually refusing to be his mistress（情妇） though she begins to realize that she is falling in love with him. He intercepts（拦截） and reads her letters to her parents and becomes even more enamored（被迷住的） by her innocence and intelligence and her continuous attempts to escape. Her virtue is eventually rewarded when he shows his sincerity by proposing an equitable marriage to her as his legal wife. In the second part of the novel, Pamela attempts to accommodate herself to upper-class society and to build a successful relationship with him. She suffers with dignity and sweetness the burden if a profligate husband.Then “she behaved herself with so much dignity,sweetness,and humility,that she made herself beloved of everybody and even by his relations who at first despised her.”