Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Pamela oder die belohnte Tugend
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who love a heroine with a sharp mind and a strong will, stories told through letters, and tense household drama where class, money and conscience collide in every scene.
Worum es in diesem Buch geht
A fifteen-year-old maid writes home to her parents about a death in the house and a surprising kindness. So begins Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, Samuel Richardson's novel in letters from 1740. Pamela Andrews serves a gentle lady, and when the lady dies, Pamela is left in the care of the lady's son, a young landowner she calls her master. Almost every page is her own letter or journal, so you live the story as she does, with her fears, her jokes and her quick temper. You get a household drama, then a tale of captivity, with notes hidden under garden tiles and a night climb over a wall. The ending stays hidden.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1Kindness That Frightens Her ParentsFree
- 2The Summerhouse Changes Everything
- 3Homespun Gowns and a Hidden Master
- 4Three Bundles and a Carriage Ride
- 5A Prisoner Who Writes Everything Down
- 6Plots, Robbers and a Night at the Pond
- 7The Master Returns With Proposals
- 8Virtue, Class and the Power of the Poor
- 9A Novel Told in Letters and Journals
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Kindness That Frightens Her Parents
Pamela's mistress has died, and the young master, called Mr. B, keeps her in the house. He gives her mourning clothes and four gold guineas, which she sends home in a little pillbox.
Pamela decides she serves the best of gentlemen. Her parents read the same events with dread. They see the smiles, the held hand and the praise as a trap.
Mrs. Jervis the housekeeper treats Pamela like a daughter. But when Pamela's move to his sister's service is blocked, her tone changes, and her next letter begins with a terrible scene.
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Questions about Pamela oder die belohnte Tugend
What is Pamela about?
Pamela tells of a fifteen-year-old maid who keeps her honesty while her young master tries to win her, trick her and hold her captive. Her letters and journal give the story, along with the unusual tension of a confinement in a lonely house.
Who is Mr. B in Pamela?
Mr. B is Pamela's master, the wealthy son of her late lady. He is proud, quick to anger, and used to getting his way.
Why is Pamela written as letters?
Richardson uses letters and a journal so you read Pamela's thoughts as they happen. The method gives the story a close, breathless feel and lets other letters from the master, parents and friends add their own voices.
Is Pamela based on a true story?
Pamela is a work of fiction, first published in 1740. Richardson shaped it to show how a poor girl's conscience can hold against wealth and rank, and its letters read as lifelike because of its close detail.