‘Clarissa’ is a epistolary novel written by -

Clarissa, in full Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady, epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1747–48.
- Among the longest English novels ever written (more than a million words), the book has secured a place in literary history for its tremendous psychological insight.
- Written in the then fashionable epistolary form, its main body consists of the letters of Clarissa Harlowe and her seducer, Lovelace (though there are many more correspondents throughout the novel).
Other Characters:
- Belford

Samuel Richardson was born 1689 & died in 1761 who was an English writer and printer best known for three epistolary novels:
- Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740),
- Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and
- The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

Source: Britannica.com