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Review title: An fine example of poor writing.
Product review: The only reason I can possibly give for reading this is to see the development of a novel at a very early stage. The plot is stiff, the characters (except for Lovelace) are very 2 dimensional. The material is redundant and gets very boring. The end is far from satisfying. The only thing that saves this novel from being a complete disaster is Lovelace's animated character. And even he is poorly handled by Richardson. It would seem Richardson makes him out to be a villain, and yet he was Clarissa's only hope. He was the only one who showed any genuine concern for Clarissa. As much as I love literature, this is one book I literally threw so many times in frustration. In all honesty, I feel that if Marlowe, Shakespeare, or Dickens tried to read this, they themselves would get restless and bored.
