After raping the title character, Lovelace writes, "And now, Belford, I can go no farther.
The familial spurning of a poor suitor, who is initially interested in Arabella, in favor of the wealthy Solmes sets in motion this novel's plot, and in a communication to the title character, Anna Howe tells her that "I am fitter for this world than you; you for the next than me." After raping the title character, Lovelace writes, "And now, Belford, I can go no farther. The affair is over," and following the title character's death, Lovelace is killed in a duel by her cousin, Colonel Morden. Subtitled The History of a Young Lady, for ten points, identify this lengthy epistolary novel, the most famous work of Samuel Richardson.
The familial spurning of a poor suitor, who is initially interested in Arabella, in favor of the wealthy Solmes sets in motion this novel's plot, and in a communication to the title character, Anna Howe tells her that "I am fitter for this world than you; you for the next than me."
{Clarissa} or the History of a Young Lady