She is most famous now as the author of The Female Quixote and for her association with Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and Samuel Richardson, but she had a long career and wrote poetry, prose, and drama.
A second volume of poetry and drama was published three years later by Samuel Richardson and edited by Isaac Hawkins Browne.
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Translations from Samuel Richardson: Lettres anglaises ou Histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlovie (1751), from Richardson's Clarissa, and Nouvelles lettres anglaises, ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson (Sir Charles Grandison, 1755).
Emmeline comments on the 18th-century novel tradition, presenting reinterpretations of scenes from famous earlier works, such as Samuel Richardson's Clarissa (1747–48).
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For example, “Delamere's half-tricking, half-forcing Emmeline into a waiting coach” mirrors a scene from Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa (1747–48).
His friendship with Samuel Richardson meant he was one of select group who were able to read the manuscript of Clarissa before it was published.
The plot of Take a Girl Like You also follows traditional realistic conventions and has been compared to the plot of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, published in 1748.
Sir John Samuel Richardson, Baron Richardson of Lee in the County of Devon, 1st Baronet LVO FRCP (16 June 1910 – 15 Aug. 2004) was a British surgeon, President of the General Medical Council, 1973–80, etc.
In 1743, she began seeking, on Cibber's advice, subscribers for her Memoirs. Samuel Richardson, who had been a benefactor of hers and who had consulted with her on Clarissa, would not publish the work.
For example, Samuel Richardson, one of the first settlers in what is now the village, already had a mill in use along the Shunock River by 1702.