PAMELA: the summary
Pamela is
a chamber maid to a kind lady but, when her employer dies, she is pursued by
her son. As a consequence she experiences many misadventures. Her new master
separates her from her friends, imprisions her and the openly offers to make
her his mistress. After Pamela's indignant refusals, he tries to rape her and
then offers mock marriage. Just when Pamela's situation seems tragic, there is
a twist in the novel. Her master who has played the part of the villian so far,
suddenly realises he is in fact in love with her. Pamela returns his love but
still rejects him because of the difference in social class between them. Later
she accepts him and ha makes his peers accept her as his wife.
