Samuel Richardson

Richardson was born in 1689 in Mackworth. His family was poor, and in 1665, both, his mother and his father, died for the plug. In his works Richardson describes his parents as very humble and hardworking people. He was a merchant and for this reason he had very little knowledge of the literary culture of his time. 
At sixteen he started an apprenticeship with a printer and, thanks to his appointment as director of the London office for the registration of copyrights, he improved his social status. 
In the 1930s he reprinted many works by Daniel Defoe as a printer and editor for his business.
But what really directed him to the literature for which he is still remembered today was a commissioned job. This work consisted of a handbook and should have been a model for anyone who wanted to start a life in the countryside. The structure was a series of familiar letters concerning daily life. This inspired Richardson to write the epistolary novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, of great influence on the development of romantic literature.
In his life, Richardson, had a career as a printer and publisher. In his career he worked for many cultured people. At the age of 51 he started writing and his work had a big success in the society of the time, but he had a rival: Henry Fielding.

Richardson’s works

-Pamela (1740)

-Pamela II (1741)

-Clarissa (1747-1748)

-Sir Charles Grandison (1753)

Webliography

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Richardson

-http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/pamela_illustrated/richardson.htm