ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Pamela, an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, was first published in 1740. Its popularity is often credited with launching public interest in the genre of the novel as we now know it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel Richardson’s Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, first published in 1740, is widely regarded as the first English novel. It was certainly the first bestseller, hyped, saluted, and scorned in equal measure.

Detailed explanation-3: -This stylistic volume is considered the seed of Richardson’s first novel, Pamela (1740), which he started to write at the same time. Pamela follows the travails of a young, virtuous maidservant as she seeks to fend off and then reform her rakish employer.

Detailed explanation-4: -His major novels were Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747–48). Richardson was 50 years old when he wrote Pamela, but of his first 50 years little is known.