Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Samuel Richardson
Born: August 19, 1689
Died: July 4, 1761 (aged 71)
Bio: Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century English writer and printer. He is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison.
Known for:
- Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740)
- Clarissa - (1748)
- The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
- The novels of Samuel Richardson