《帕梅拉》是英国 1 8世纪著名的书信体小说 ,对英国小说及整个欧洲文学的发展产生过巨大影响。这本小说最大的特点是 ,它是以女主人公帕梅拉的话语———书信———为主体构成的 ,男主人公成了她笔下的一个角色。帕梅拉的语言表达了强烈的平等思想和反抗精神 ,是她反抗强权的工具。男主人公B先生曾企图通过控制她的语言来迫使她屈服 ,而最终反被她语言所打动 ,因为她的语言也是她塑造自己形象的最好工具。作者理查逊对帕梅拉的刻画具有大胆而独特的现实性。他没有让女主人公表现为一个完人 ,而是让她通过自己的书信展现了她年龄、性别、身份和性格上的特点。他对书信这种文学体裁的出色运用使得这本小说颇为耐人寻味 “Pamela” is a famous English epistolary novel in the 18th century, which exerted a tremendous influence on the development of English novels and the entire European literature. The greatest feature of this novel is that it is mainly composed of the protagonist Pamela’s discourse --- epistle --- and the hero becomes one of her characters. Pamela’s language expresses strong equality and resistance and is a tool she resists power. Mr. B, the male protagonist, had attempted to force her into submission by controlling her language, eventually becoming impressed by her language because her language was also the best tool she could use to shape her own image. Author Richardson’s portrayal of Pamela has a bold and unique reality. Instead of showing the heroine as a perfect man, he showed her the character of her age, gender, identity and character through her correspondence. His excellent use of the literary genre of epistles makes this novel quite intriguing