Clarissa
1991
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
A virtuous young woman is oppressed by her ambitious family and a rake who's becomes obsessed with her. Based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson.
Seasons
Season 1
Following her grandfather's death, Clarissa, the youngest daughter of the wealthy but untitled Harlowe family, inherits his estates, making her the Harlowe heiress. Her parents now pressure her to marry local land-owner Roger Solmes, a man she despises. His rival is the young, handsome aristocrat Lovelace. He is intrigued by Clarissa's beauty and virtue.
Network
BBC Two
Production
BBC
Keywords
based on novel or bookminiseriesperiod drama18th century