One character in this novel tells a story about a lady who takes a liking to a young bear, tiger, or lion, which one day reverts to its wild nature and kills her";that story i
One character in this novel tells a story about a lady who takes a liking to a young bear, tiger, or lion, which one day reverts to its wild nature and kills her";that story is recounted in Terry Eagleton's analysis of this book, subtitled "Writing, Sexuality, and Class." Kingsley Amis used its plot as the basis of his novel Take a Girl Like You. It inspired contemporary readers to visit the Upper Flask, a tavern where its protagonist takes refuge. This novel's main character inspires her friend Anna Howe to marry Hickman, and refuses to marry Roger Solmes. In its climax, its title character is tricked into a brothel run by Mrs. Sinclair, where she is drugged and raped by Robert Lovelace. For 10 points, name this long epistolary novel about "the history of a young lady," written by Samuel Richardson.
One character in this novel tells a story about a lady who takes a liking to a young bear, tiger, or lion, which one day reverts to its wild nature and kills her";that story is recounted in Terry Eagleton's analysis of this book, subtitled "Writing, Sexuality, and Class."
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady