18th-Century Fiction Trivia

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Who wrote the novel "Clarissa"?

Answer: Samuel Richardson

Bonus fact: Richardson was a pioneer of the English epistolary novel, telling stories through letters.

"Clarissa" is largely told through what form?

Answer: Letters

Bonus fact: The letters allow readers to see events from multiple characters’ perspectives.

Which libertine becomes Clarissa Harlowe’s chief antagonist in the novel?

Answer: Robert Lovelace

Bonus fact: Lovelace is one of the most notorious rakes in eighteenth-century English fiction.

Who wrote the novel "Joseph Andrews"?

Answer: Henry Fielding

Bonus fact: Fielding later wrote "Tom Jones," another major comic novel of the eighteenth century.

"Joseph Andrews" began partly as a comic response to which Samuel Richardson novel?

Answer: Pamela

Bonus fact: Fielding parodied the moral seriousness and situations of "Pamela" before developing his own broader story.

Which clergyman becomes Joseph’s traveling companion in "Joseph Andrews"?

Answer: Parson Adams

Bonus fact: Parson Adams is one of Fielding’s most memorable comic characters, idealistic and often impractical.