文档介绍：Samuel Richardson 塞缪尔。理查森
Born:19 August 1689(1689-08-19) Mackworth, Derbyshire, England Died: 4 July 1761(1761-07-04) (aged 71) Parson‘s Green, London, England Occupation:Writer, printer & publisher Spouses:Martha Wilde, Elizabeth Leake
Introduction
Samuel Richardson was born in Derbyshire in 1689, the son of a London joiner (木匠). He received little formal education, although his family had hoped that he would e a priest(神父). Due to the lack of means, in 1707 he was apprenticed to a printer in London. Thirteen years later he set up his own shop as a stationer and printer and became one of the leading figures in the London trade.
Richardson had married his employer's daughter,Martha Wilde, and they had six children. Sadly, she and all their children died. He married again, and had six children with Elizabeth Leake, and although two of them also died of childhood illness, four survived.
Writing characteristic
Richardson’s novels were enormously popular in their day. Although he has been accused of being a verbose(冗长的) and sentimental storyteller, his emphasis on detail, his psychological insights into women, and his dramatic technique have earned him a prominent place among English novelists. His last novel, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, appeared in 1753-4. Richardson received great fame for his writing and had many admirers.
Epistolary novels(书信体小说) – that is, no