Pamela: or, Virtue rewarded : In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. : Now first published in order to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of the youth of both sexes. A narrative which has its foundation in truth and nature; and at the same time that it agreeably entertains, by a variety of curious and affecting incidents, is intirely divested of all those images which in too many pieces, calculated for amusement only, tend to inflame the minds they should instruct.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The fifth edition. |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 5486. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | The first novel published in America. Franklin's copy text was the fourth London edition. Title page of volume 2 dated 1743; printing was not completed until late in the summer of 1744. Cf. Miller. Volume 1: xiv, 189, [1] pages; volume 2: 204 pages. Errors in paging: volume 2, pages 32, 41, 95 misnumbered 23, 14, 83. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes ; 17 cm. (duodecimo) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |