Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Volume 1 Letter 17

The Samuel Richardson Library · Sep 2, 2026 · 25m

In which our gentle heroine continues her melancholy scribblings under close observation, revealing the depths of her sincere virtue and the perilous circumstances in which she is placed; the complex dispositions of her master emerge with a mixture of tender kindness and sudden wrath, leading to her abrupt departure and uncertain journey homeward. Amidst this perplexing interplay of kindness and harshness, a letter arrives that kindles in her a troubled affection, stirring her heart with hopes and doubts as she contemplates the strange vicissitudes of fortune and feeling.