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Pamela by Samuel Richardson is an epistolary novel about 15-year-old maidservant Pamela Andrews, who resists the sexual advances of her new employer, Mr. B, after the death of Lady B, her previous kind employer. Despite Mr. B's repeated attempts, including abduction to his Lincolnshire estate, Pamela maintains her virtue. Mr. B eventually confesses his love and proposes, leading to their controversial but ultimately happy marriage. The novel includes references to attempted rape, sexual harassment, and thoughts of death by suicide.