Clarissa, Volume 2

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Title: Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)
Author: Samuel Richardson
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CLARISSA HARLOWE
or the
HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY
Nine Volumes Volume II.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
LETTER I. Clarissa to Miss Howe.-- Another visit from her aunt and
sister. The latter spitefully insults her with the patterns. A tender scene
between her aunt and her in Arabella's absence. She endeavours to
account for the inflexibility of her parents and uncles.
LETTER II. Miss Howe to Clarissa.-- Humourous description of Mr.
Hickman. Imagines, from what Lovelace, Hickman, and Solmes, are
now, what figures they made when boys at school.
LETTER III. From the same.-- Useful observations on general life.
Severe censures of the Harlowe family, for their pride, formality, and
other bad qualities.
LETTER IV. From the same.-- Mr. Hickman's conversation with two
of Lovelace's libertine companions.
LETTER V. From the same.-- An unexpected visit from Mr. Lovelace.
What passes in it. Repeats her advice to her to resume her estate.
LETTER VI. VII. VIII. Clarissa to Miss Howe.-- Farther particulars of
the persecutions she receives from her violent brother.
LETTER IX. From the same.-- Impertinence of Betty Barnes.
Overhears her brother and sister encourage Solmes to persevere in his
address. She writes warmly to her brother upon it.
LETTER X. From the same.-- Receives a provoking letter from her
sister. Writes to her mother. Her mother's severe reply. Is impatient.

Desires Miss Howe's advice what course to pursue. Tries to compose
her angry passions at her harpsichord. An Ode to Wisdom, by a Lady.
LETTER XI. Clarissa to Miss Howe.-- Chides her for misrepresenting
Mr. Hickman. Fully answers her arguments about resuming her estate.
Her impartiality with regard to what Miss Howe says of Lovelace,
Solmes, and her brother. Reflections on revenge and duelling.
LETTER XII. Miss Howe to Clarissa.-- Sir Harry Downeton's account
of what passed between himself and Solmes. She wishes her to avoid
both men. Admires her for her manifold excellencies.
LETTER XIII. Clarissa to Miss Howe.-- Why she cannot overcome her
aversion to Solmes. Sharp letter to Lovelace. On what occasion. All his
difficulties, she tells him, owning to his faulty morals; which level all
distinction. Insists upon his laying aside all thoughts of her. Her
impartial and dutiful reasonings on her difficult situation.
LETTER XIV. Miss Howe to Clarissa.-- A notable debate between her
and her mother on her case. Those who marry for love seldom so happy
as those who marry for convenience. Picture of a modern marriage. A
lesson both to parents and children in love-cases. Handsome men
seldom make good husbands. Miss Howe reflects on the Harlowe
family, as not famous for strictness in religion or piety. Her mother's
partiality for Hickman.
LETTER XV. Clarissa to Miss Howe.-- Her increased apprehensions.
Warmly defends her own mother. Extenuates her father's feelings; and
expostulates with her on her undeserved treatment of Mr. Hickman. A
letter to her from Solmes. Her spirited answer. All in an uproar about it.
Her aunt Hervey's angry letter to her. She writes to her mother. Her
letter returned unopened. To her father. He tears her letter in pieces,
and sends it back to her. She then writes a pathetic letter to her uncle
Harlowe.
LETTER XVI. From the same.-- Receives a gentler answer than she
expected from her uncle Harlowe. Makes a new proposal in a letter to
him, which she thinks must be accepted. Her relations assembled upon
it. Her opinion of the sacrifice which a child ought to make to her