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Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter IV
In which Clarissa Harlowe recounts the increasing discord within her family occasioned by Mr. Lovelace’s visits and her brother’s vehement opposition to him, revealing a complicated rivalry marked by pride, resentment, and ill temper. She also shares the family’s divided impressions of Mr. Lovelace’s character and the consequences of their disputes, all set against the background of her grandfather’s careful estate provisions that honour her dutifulness and favour her future.
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