'Thomas Keymer and Peter Sabor's magnificent 12-volume edition of the correspondence, three volumes of which, edited by Sabor, collect Richardson's letters with Bradshaigh. Their pages represent an extraordinary amount of work - in sorting through and piecing together the muddle of manuscript correspondence, handling Barbauld's editorial interventions, restoring obliterated passages, redating letters and decoding Bradshaigh's often eccentric spelling. The annotation is precise and sympathetic; the volumes are beautifully presented.' Clare Bucknell, The Times Literary Supplement

'It is difficult to overstate the importance of the multi-volume Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson. For the Richardson scholar, the collection, in toto, provides unparalleled insights into the candid, often surprising views of the novelist and voluminous letter-writer … the material in the letters - which ranges from musings on the politics of Hanoverian and French lace to Lady Bradshaigh's detailed guide to managing servants - seems not just 'important' but at times revelatory. That dimension, along with the insights into Richardson and eighteenth-century literary culture make the volumes an essential resource not only for scholars of the author but for scholars of the period generally. In sum, this three-volume set is a model edition-from the detailed introduction that addresses editorial challenges to meticulous annotation and rich appendices.' Catherine Ingrassia, The Scriblerian