Clarissa
Bright feminine appellation
Clarissa is a feminine given name, elaborated from Clara or Claire.
It gained literary prominence from Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel *Clarissa*, one of the longest novels in English.
The name suggests elegance and classical refinement: Clarissa always dressed impeccably for dinner.
novel
- epistolaryPertaining to letter-writing
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- protagonistStory's central figure
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
seduction · morality · tragedy · Lovelace · letters · narrative · heroine · rake
Richardson
- epistolaryPertaining to letter-writing
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- protagonistStory's central figure
virtue · seduction · morality · tragedy · Lovelace · letters · narrative · heroine · rake · honor
given
Accepted as fact
identity · moniker · appellation · designation · feminine · classic · elegant · English · literary · heroine
- 18th Century WorksCandide, Gulliver's Travels, Pamela, Tom Jones, Dangerous Liaisons
- British novelsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
- epistolary novelsPamela, Dangerous Liaisons, Julie, Dracula, The Color Purple
- Long NovelsWar and Peace, Les Miserables, Don Quixote, Atlas Shrugged, The Stand
- Richardson worksPamela
- sentimentalismsensibility, sentiment, sentimentality, pathos, feeling