He was born the 19th of August of 1689 and died the 4th of July of 1761. He had a difficult addult life, taking into consideration that his first wife died, and their five children died too. After some time, Richardson remarried, but something so tragic like that changes your like forever. With his second wife, he had four daughters, but no heir to take over the publishing bussiness. When he was 51 he wrote his first novel. As a consequence, and very fast, he became one of the most popular writers of his time.
He worked all his life with books. however, not writting them, but printing and publishing them. He published more than 500 works, like books, journals and magazines.
Richardson started to write because he wanted to write a series of "familiar letters" with a down-to-Earth tone, in which he would talk about everyday life aspects.
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