
Original title
Clarissa
Released
11/27/1991
Origin country
GB
Genre
Drama
Production companies
BBC
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
4
A virtuous young woman is oppressed by her ambitious family and a rake who's becomes obsessed with her. Based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson.


Following her grandfather's death, Clarissa, the youngest daughter of the wealthy but untitled Harlowe family, inherits his estates, making her the Harlowe heiress. Her parents now pressure her to marry local land-owner Roger Solmes, a man she despises. His rival is the young, handsome aristocrat Lovelace. He is intrigued by Clarissa's beauty and virtue.

Clarissa talkes refuge in the elegant house of the sly Mrs Sinclair, who makes Clarissa feel very ill at ease.


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