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| − | '''Pamela''' was a novel | + | '''Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded''' was a novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1740. From the name of the [[heroine]], it has developed the meaning of a girl of low degree, who resists [[temptation]] and reclaims her would-be [[seduce]]r.<ref>{{Nuttall|Pamela}}</ref> |
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Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded was a novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1740. From the name of the heroine, it has developed the meaning of a girl of low degree, who resists temptation and reclaims her would-be seducer.[1]
References
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Pamela originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood