Clarissa, or the History of A Young Lady

Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome sexual advances.

Presata de familia ei fara scrupule sa se casatoreasca cu un barbat bogat pe care il detesta, tanara Clarissa Harlowe este pacalita sa fuga impreuna cu inteligentul si destinul Robert Lovelace si se pune sub protectia lui. Lovelace, totusi, se dovedeste a fi un nebun de incredere ale carui promisiuni vagi de casatorie sunt insotite de avansuri sexuale nedorite.