Richardson was impressed and arranged for the book's publication.

[2] Like Clarissa it takes the form of an epistolary novel, in these case featuring its heroine's supposed memoirs.

Sheridan was working on the a sequel to the story at her death in 1766, and a fourth volume known as the Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph was published posthumously in 1767.

It inspired the 1772 play Die Entführung oder die zärtliche Mutter by German actress and playwright Friederike Sophie Seyler.

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