Sarah Fielding
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Sarah Fielding was an English writer and sister of the playwright, novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding. She wrote The Governess, or The Little Female Academy, thought to be the first novel in Engli
Title page from The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1749), by Sarah Fielding, the first full-length novel written for children
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison.
Sarah Fielding
…while pleading financial distress. The novel was quite successful and gathered praise from contemporaries, including the publisher and novelist Samuel Richardson. As a "moral romance", it features two disinherited couples. Both heroines point to "the stifling of women's intellect and the barriers against a…
Portrait by Joseph Highmore, 1750
Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.
Samuel Richardson reading aloud the manuscript of Sir Charles Grandison to a group of friends in 1751. Coloured Engraving by Miss Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.
Title page of Pamela