Samuel Richardson
English writer and printer
Samuel Richardson was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1689, Mackworth, United Kingdom
Died: July 4, 1761 (age 71 years), London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Elizabeth Leake (m. 1733–1761) and Martha Wilde (m. 1721–1731)
Parents: Elizabeth Richardson
Books
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
1740
Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady
1748
The History of Sir Charles Grandison
1753
Pamela in her Exalted Condition
1741
The Novels
Letters Written to and for Particular Friends: On the Most Important Occasions. Directing Not Only the Requisite Stile and Forms to be Observed in Writing Familiar Letters ; But how to Think and Act Justly and Prudently, in the Common Concerns of Human Life. Containing One Hundred and Seventy-three Letters
1741