The positive side of the explosion in information was that the 18th century was markedly more generally educated than the centuries before. Education was less confined to the upper classes than it had been in prior centuries so contributions to science, philosophy, economics, and literature came from all parts of the kingdom. It was the first time that literacy and a library were all that stood between a person and education. It was an age of "enlightenment" in the sense that the insistence and drive for reasonable explanations of nature and mankind was a rage. It was an "age of reason" in that it was an age that accepted clear, rational methods as superior to tradition. However, there was a dark side to such literacy as well, which authors of the 18th century felt at every turn, which was that nonsense and insanity were also getting more adherents than ever before. Charlatans and mountebanks were fooling more, just as sages were educating more, and alluring and lurid apocalypses vied with sober philosophy on the shelves. As with the Worldwide Web in the 21st century, the democratisation of publishing meant that older systems for determining value and uniformity of view were both in shambles. Thus, it was increasingly difficult to trust books in the 18th century, as books were increasingly easy to make and buy.
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To make Pamela's moral purity even clearer, Richardson causes tears toappear in Mrs. Jervis's eyes as she hears Pamela's virtuousprotestations. Though the reader originally watches Pamela pull off herstays and "stockens," these details are now omitted (Letter XXV). Mr.B's clothing loses some of its extravagance, his dressing gown no longerbeing silver (Letter XXV) and his waistcoat no longer trimmed in gold(Letter XXVII). Moreover, Mr. B exercises a bit more restraint (or atleast Pamela's descriptions seem a bit less ambiguous): while in thefirst edition he comes to Pamela's bed, in the later version he simplyapproaches her "bed-side" (Letter XV). For the fourteenth edition,Richardson omits the "obscene ... double Entendre" in which Mr. B wisheshe could have Pamela "as Quick another Way" (Letter XXVII). In an almostpassive fashion, Mr. B releases Pamela from his clutches, "loosing hisarms with an air," while in the original version he obviously keeps apassionate hold on her (Saturday Morning [37th day of confinement]).During Mr. B's last attempt at rape, Pamela no longer offers up herprayers "all undrest" (though she does have her underclothes in herhand), and Mr. B no longer approaches her bed breathing "all quick andshort." Once the attempted rape is over and Pamela awakens from herfaint, she (in the revised version) does not speculate concerning "theLiberties taken with her in her deplorable State" (Tuesday Night [40thday of confinement]). Finally, Pamela is now less brazen when led by Mr.B into the alcove where he proclaims his love. She now prudentlyconsiders that she can safely go there for two reasons: the alcove has"a passage through it" and Mr. B had already led her there "once withoutstopping" (Wednesday Morning [41st day of confinement]).[9] 2ff7e9595c
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