The title of the novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded implies that a virtuous girl can save herself from a rakish employer. Pamela resists temptations of money & status. Several novels were written before Pamela yet the historians have said that Richardson is the first novelist since he took up cudgels to erase a social evil ? after all, literature is the criticism of life. All the aspects of Richardson?s achievement have been discussed yet the last chapter ?Summing Up? is added to give an idea to the students about the greatness of Richardson through a short note.