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Toward the end of the book, the fictional Editor of Pamela's letters tells the reader information about Mr. B that Pamela herself doesn’t know, which creates dramatic irony. The Editor also provides what is essentially the book’s epilogue and tells the reader the moral of the story: that God will reward virtuous people, regardless of the difficulties they face in life.
The Editor Quotes in Pamela
The Pamela quotes below are all either spoken by The Editor or refer to The Editor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Journal (continued) Quotes
Are all so many signal Instances of the Excellency of her mind, which may make her Character worthy of the Imitation of her Sex. And the Editor of these Sheets will have his End, if it inspires a laudable Emulation in the Minds of any worthy persons, who may thereby entitle themselves to the Rewards, the Praises, and the Blessings, by which she was so deservedly distinguished.
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The Editor Character Timeline in Pamela
The timeline below shows where the character The Editor appears in Pamela. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Letter 31
A new narrator ( the Editor ) speaks directly to the reader about Pamela’s story and how her worst challenges are...
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...Pamela herself manages to get them a short letter where she confirms she was tricked. The Editor mentions that Pamela wrote the remainder of her story like a journal because she had...
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The Journal (continued)
The Editor announces that this is the end of Pamela’s letters to her father and mother, since...
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The Editor makes some general observations about the moral of the story. Mr. B was a libertine,...
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