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Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady

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Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson

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Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady - Freedom Regained

Clarissa has fled from the cruel Lovelace and, having befriended his friend Belford and the kindly Mrs Smith, hopes for reconciliation with her family.

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Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady - Imprisonment

Lovelace tricks Clarissa into returning to Mrs Sinclair's house of ill repute and, after she has been drugged, he has his way with her.

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Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady - The Flight

Clarissa begins to learn of the darker side of Lovelace's character as he secures her lodgings in a house of ill repute and uses lies and trickery in an attempt to seduce her.

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Classic Serial - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady - The Pursuit

The beautiful young heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously attracted by the wiles of the notorious libertine Robert Lovelace.

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