Therefore, it is difficult to claim his work is completely fictitious since no one else could counter his claims. He is the only reliable source when it comes to describing his life. He may alter it to his benefit, but it only is used to emphasize how he perceives his life events. And no one could argue against it if it’s his own opinion. Instead, through Cibber’s works he demonstrates the authenticity of the author relies on their own individual perception. In his words, it is “a [p]leasure which none but [a]uthors, as vain as [himself] could conceive” . Only those who write in a similar style to him can understand how his biography is authentic, even if other readers may judge him as inauthentic. Yet, he shows understanding towards those who may misread him, stating this “is the best apology [he] can make for being [his] own biographer” . Cibber expects to receive backlash for his attempt to write about himself, but he…show more content… Richardson utilizes more than one method to sediment Pamela Andrews existence. Through the first-person narrative, the usage of journals and letters which create intimacy, and the vague descriptions of setting and other characters, he creates a fictional life. However, there are moments which Richardson disrupts the pacing of the story. In one moment when Pamela leaves by chariot, it seems she is incapable of writing any letters and so an unknown narrator appears. The narrator informs the reader “the fair Pamela’s Tryals were not yet over” . Richardson’s use of an omniscient narrator creates a distortion to Pamela’s credibility as a person. The unknown narrator in this passage who seems to know what has happened in between Pamela’s two letters suggests she is a literary tool. She is still undergoing many trials, and now the inclusion of the unknown narrator demonstrates there is more than one reader in her
