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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady

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These words are from Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady, 1747-48
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5 months ago sionnach said:

It's in one of the essays ('Mail') in Anne Fadiman's latest collection: "At Large and at Small".

5 months ago Minerva said:

Sionnach, where did you find this?

5 months ago Minerva said:

LMAO! Thanks for that!

5 months ago sionnach said:

Minerva: I don't know if you've seen Anne Fadiman's imagined update of the epistolary novel to the internet age:

Subject: R U Kidding?
From: Clarissa Harlowe (claha@virtue.com)
To: Robert Lovelace (lovelaceandlovegirlz@vice.com)

hi bob, TAH. if u think im gonna run off w/ u, :-F. do you really think im that kind of girl?? if your looking 4 a trollop, CLICK HERE NOW: http://www.hotpix.com.

TTFN

7 months ago bilby said:

Sounds like a wonderful read, I'd love to get around to it. About 5 in the queue ahead of it and I need to find a copy. Love the list, so many treasures here and all sparkling like careless diamonds.

7 months ago Minerva said:

Thank you very much! I'm just doing my part to get as many people as possible to read this great book.

7 months ago sionnach said:

This is such a wonderful list!

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