Samuel Richardson was an 18th century British novelist. He is most noted for developing the epistolary form of writing in which letters are used throughout the work. His most famous works are Clarissa and Pamela. In The History of Sir Charles Grandison Richardson provides the reader with a generous main character who is torn between the love of Harriet and Clementina. When Clementina refuses to marry him because he is not Catholic his dilemma is solved.