Talk:Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

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~~Richardson did not invent the name "Pamela"; he took it from Philip Sidney's Old Arcadia. The novel Pamela led to the name's subsequent popularity.~~

The above struck-thru contribution moved to Talk:Pamela (name), which is its direct concern.--Jerzy•t 05:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I've removed the following section headings from the article. They should not appear on the page until actually written about.

===The public and the private spheres===
===The middle class===
===Sensibility===

To this end, I also append the following notice. - dcljr (talk) 21:05, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (January 2007)

[edit] Badly needs expansion

I agree with the poster above. Since Wiki articles more often make mountains out of molehills, it is strange to see Pamela undervalued so. (Is Richardson nobody's favorite son, no city's local hero?) Pamela is usually celebrated as the great turning point which establishes the novel genre. Ian Watt, and so many others, have argued that its runaway success heralded the arrival of a new, literate middle class. It would be easy for someone who has a little more time than I do at semester's start, to quote Watt's concise, well-written section on its reception. A link to Rousseau's Julie would also show Richardson's influence on the century. Best, Profhum 17:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This article also needs to be written better, or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trackjunkie (talk • contribs) 01:01, 25 March 2008 (UTC)