Pamela, in full Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, novel in epistolary style by Samuel Richardson, published in 1740 and based on a story about a servant and the man who, failing to seduce her, marries her.
Epistolary Novel - A novel told through in the form of letters. - The narrative of this type of novel is carried forward by letters written by one or more of the characters of that novel.
Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761), an English novelist. His major novels were: - Pamela (1740) and - Clarissa (1747–48).
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.