Published in 1740‚ Pamela‚ or Virtue Rewarded is a novel written by Samuel Richardson. The story unfold in a series of letters which gives the reader greater access to the character’s thoughts. Therefore the novel is categorised as being an epistolary novel. In Pamela though‚ unlike the other epistolary novels penned by Richardson‚ the reader’s access to the story is through the thoughts and actions of only one character‚ the protagonist‚ Pamela. Pamela or Virtue Rewarded is about the innocent
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possibilities of the novel through an inventive use of the letter form (thus contributing to the emergence of the so-called “epistolary novel”) and was the promoter of sentimentalism[1]. Together with Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding‚ he is credited with having laid the basis of the modern novel; his literary works‚ which in the 19th century were particularly criticised for their sentimentalism and moralism‚ are today acknowledged as being extremely influential in the development of the English novel. Life
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In the novel Great Expectations‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ a then teen girl Estella changes her views for Pip from hate to like to love‚ and for her adopted mother‚ Miss. Havisham love to a sense of betrayal. In the first part of the novel‚ Estella is introduced to Pip; who is a then teenager that is a blacksmith apprentice‚ her initial thoughts of the new boy are neutral and she has no intimate feelings for him whatsoever. In these early parts of the novel‚ Estella is faithful and obedient to
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In the novel “The Coquette and The Boarding School‚” Foster tells the tale from in an epistolary format. This type of narrative can be useful to teach English undergraduates for the story is told in an unbiased perspective. “The Coquette and The Boarding School‚” honors female voices and shows a vivid image of women’s lives in the late 18th century. Foster’s novel can help professors show students a superb example of an epistolary novel‚ which was a popular format in the 18th century. Throughout
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concerns of contemporary Indian literary world. A critical study of the prime thematic concerns of Amitav Ghosh`s novels is thus an opportunity not just to peruse a substantial body of work that meditates up on a core set of issues concerning post colonialism in the contemporary fiction al writing with special focus on the marginalised subaltern; but also to view history with a novel perspective. The proposed research work‚ is an attempt to make a thematic
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Global Perspectives: Cultural novel Project ~ S. Mahone Novel- Sold Author- Patricia McCormick Featured Country or Culture- Nepal‚Calcutta Cultural Novel- Students will research a country/culture and create a typed or handwritten report based on the following criteria/questions: 1. Brief summary of novel- The novel Sold tells the story of a girl named Lakshmi from Nepal‚ who is sold into sexual slavery in India.When the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the
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A Brief summary on "Why the Novel Matters" This essay is an attempt of making people try to understand life as a succession of bad and good feelings‚sensations ‚concepts‚ ideas‚ beliefs... The writer establishes the elements of his literary genre as if he would describing the parts of his body- the novel is alive and “whatever is me alive is me”. In a fantastic way‚ D.W.Lawrence shows his experience as a man and as a novelist‚ using great comparisions between people from different
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The Challenge of Moral Value One of the most important themes in the novel The Sun Also Rises is the Destructiveness of Sex. It is a book that can be called as an “immoral”‚ with sex as a powerful force. Many characters through the novel do things that are not appropriate to be done and that parents wouldn’t like from their children to do so. The most shocking character is the Lady Brett‚ which seems to have sex in an indiscriminately manner. Jake on the other hand betrays Montoya‚ in this way allowing
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Courage an anti-war novel? Is it more neutral? What is Crane’s perspective on war itself? In The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane‚ Henry Fleming faces authenticity of war‚ while his mom is facing the authenticity of her son leaving her on her own (anti-war). The Red Badge of Courage is a neutral novel‚ according to evidence in The Red Badge of Courage and in outside sources. The Red Badge of Courage is a neutral novel‚ and this is kenned from the definition of an anti-war novel; something or someone
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The novel The Orenda by Joseph Boyden follows the lives of three different characters at the point of first contact between the Europeans and Native Americans. The story follows Bird‚ a Huron war-chief‚ Christophe “Crow”‚ a Jesuit priest‚ and Snow Falls‚ an imprisoned Iroquois forced to live amongst the Huron. During the main events of The Orenda‚ two groups of Huron join for the Creator’s Game. The portrayal of the Creator’s Game‚ now known as lacrosse‚ is shown through the purpose of the game‚
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