Pamela is my mothers name

So. Pamela has been an interesting book with way more to take in than I would like to write about. However, without getting in to the plot of the novel I would like to first appreciate the style of the writing. Yes, we know its the first novel and that Richardson was quite the trailblazer, but what also is entertaining me is how the text has changed throughout the novel. What I mean by this is that as the story has progressed Richardson stopped using Letters and for about a page or two (If I read it right) he narrated the story instead of one of the characters narrating through a letter. After this narration Richardson then moves to a diary format, yes the diary is still directed towards her parents reading it in the future, but its still different. I am glad to see these changes because honestly as I was reading I did not know if I could read hundreds of pages of the same letters. Hopefully I am not the only reader who is somewhat rejuvenated by these small changes.

Secondly, I would like to acknowledge the possible impact of Pamela's overreactions. I know that many modern readers are off put by Honest Pamela and her infatuation with her own Virtue and its protection. However, if you are able to look past that possibly annoying pattern, I think there is a second interesting pattern to be considered. This is the fact that Pamela and her parents are incredibly prone to overreaction. My inner thoughts while reading this novel have consisted of questions of what would happen if Pamela acted like her virtue was Important, but not the only thing worth anything in the entire world. Is it possible that her behavior has caused her master to act outside of his normal tendencies? If she were simply calm and uninterested would he have such unquenchable desire for her or would he move on like normal people? I think that because she has raised the value of her virtue to an unmatched level she has also brought on all of her trouble and tribulations.