I just finished Pamela, and I would be sorry (because I enjoyed it), except for the fact that I couldn't stand their mushy, gushy conversations one second longer! What happened to the fiery, sassy Pamela I so enjoyed being suspicious of all along? If she threw herself at his knees one more time I don't know if I could have gotten through it!
When he "lectured" her on what he expects from her, I laughed thinking any man would love his wife to read this book and learn from virtuous Pamela! The married men of that time were probably ecstatic and overwhelmingly grateful to Richardson for listing though Pamela the rules a woman is to observe in her marraige. I read some of them to my husband, and he answered, quite gleefully, "Exactly Honey! This is what I've been trying to tell you!"
I do have to admit, I was happy for Pamela. She did a great job with her sister-in-law, and I was rooting for her in church, happy that all the "ladies" kissed up to her afterwards. I kept waiting for the veneer to crack and I couldn't believe it didn't - even when she met his daughter!
Can anyone really be so virtuous? And if they are, do all these great things really happen for them and their families? (Like, will my parents get a farm somewhere?) OK, I'm going to try to be as wholesome and good as Richardson would want me to be from now on, and I will let you all know how it goes...lol
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