Clarissa begins...

I knew this point would come...I have been trying to prepare for it since the beginning of this project. But now it is here. One of the classes I am in has assigned the reading in its entirety of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady. If you are not familiar with it, you should look it up. It is a great story and very entertaining. However, it is also one of the longest novels in the world. Literally. At my last check it ranked #7 on the wikipedia list of longest novels in a western language. So, the point of all this is that between class yesterday and class tomorrow, and between this and my other class, I was assigned to read somewhere approaching 500 pages. No joke. Long story short, pretty much no progress on The Wednesday Sisters. Tomorrow might not be very promising for pleasure reading either, but count on a good update on Thursday night for sure!
That said, Clarissa is indeed a truly interesting story (keep in mind, that comes from someone who has chosen of her own free will to write a dissertation of several hundred pages on the 18th century novel...) and if you are looking for a longer-term challenge than your typical size pleasure reading novel, you might check it out! There is even an abridged version that is only 800 odd pages...
Keep Reading (I know I will...)
Sarah