英国文学史英国作家理查森Samuel Richardson.pptVIP

Samuel Richardson A storyteller. A letter-writer. A moralizer. Life Experience 1689, born in Derbyshire. 1707, apprenticed to a printer in London. 1720, successful as a printer. 1721, married Martha Wilde. 1731, his wife died. 1733, married Elizabeth Leake. 1740, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded 1747-8 , Clarissa. or the History of a Young Lady 1761, died from a paralytic stroke. Pamela A “best-seller” of the day Epistolary For the first time the author gave a detailed description of the English Family life in the mid of 18th century. The first English psycho-analytical novel. Clarissa Plot