The History of Sir Charles Grandison
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| The History of Sir Charles Grandison | |
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| Author | Samuel Richardson |
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| Country | Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publication date | February 1753 |
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| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Clarissa |
The History of Sir Charles Grandison is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson first published in February 1753. The book was a response to The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, which parodied the morals presented in Richardson's previous novels.[1] Unlike Clarissa and Pamela, the leading male character is a morally good man and not villainous.
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[edit] Publication history
The first volume of Sir Charles Grandison likely appeared around February 1753.[1]
- February 1753 (1st edition, 3,000 copies)
- March 1753 (2nd edition, 1,000 copies)
- December 1753 (3rd edition, 2,500 copies)
- 1762 (4th edition, published with Richardson's revisions posthumously)
- 1810 (5th edition, further revisions included)
By August of 1753 five of the seven volumes had been seized by pirates and were being reprinted illicitly in Dublin. Two known pirated editions exist.
[edit] Theatrical adaptation
Sir Charles Grandison was Jane Austen's favorite novel, and she adapted it into a play around 1800.[2] It remained unpublished until the 1980s.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Harris, Jocelyn (1972). "Introduction", Sir Charles Grandison. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192817450.
- ^ Doody, Margaret Anne (September 1983). "Jane Austen's 'Sir Charles Grandison'". Nineteenth-Century Fiction 38 (2): 200–224. U of California Press. ISSN 00290564.
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