The history of clarissa harlowe5/22/2023 ![]() Eventually they forbid her to either leave her room or send letters to her friend, Anna Howe, until Clarissa apologises and agrees to marry Solmes. The Harlowes begin restricting Clarissa's contact with the outside world by forbidding her to see Lovelace. This makes her family suspicious of her supposed dislike of Lovelace and they begin to disbelieve her. The entire Harlowe family is in favour of her marrying Roger Solmes, however Clarissa finds Solmes to be unpleasant company and does not wish to marry him, either. These feelings combine with resentment that their grandfather had left Clarissa a piece of land and lead the siblings to be aggressive to Clarissa. ![]() James, also, dislikes Lovelace greatly because of a duel the two had once fought. Clarissa insists that she dislikes Lovelace, but Arabella grows jealous of Lovelace's interest in the younger girl. Lovelace quickly moves on from Arabella to Clarissa, much to the displeasure of Arabella and their brother James. However, she rejects him because she felt slighted by his more ardent interest in her parents' approval than in her. Robert Lovelace, a wealthy " libertine" and heir to a substantial estate, begins to court Arabella, Clarissa's older sister. In 2013 The Guardian included Clarissa among the 100 best novels written in English. ![]() In 2015, the BBC ranked Clarissa 14th on its list of the 100 greatest British novels. Picture from "Lettres angloises, ou histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlove." 1751. ![]()
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