Clarissa
British novelist, 1689–1761.
Clarissa is a 1747 novel by Samuel Richardson.
On 4 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Samuel Richardson
- First published
- 1747–48
- Length
- 1536 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Told in letters, Love story, Class and society
Is Clarissa worth reading?
4 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 33 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 14 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Clarissa
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (1985), 1536 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 1985)
- Pages
- 1536
- ISBN
- 9780140432152
How critics and readers rate Clarissa
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 49% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work