The Resume

(August 19, 1689-July 4, 1761)
Raised in London
Wrote ‘Pamela (1740),’ ‘Clarissa (1748)’ and ‘Sir Charles Grandison (1753)’

Why he might be annoying:

He was fat, warty and effeminate.
His books are preachy.
Some find them incredibly boring.
‘Clarissa’ is one of the longest novels in history.
The writer Henry Fielding hated ‘Pamela’ so much that he wrote a parody and called it ‘Shamela.’
He upset readers of his time by depicting rapes and other graphic scenarios.
He was a serious child.
He would often write love letters to men on behalf of his female friends.

Why he might not be annoying:

He didn’t write anything at all until 51, and then became an overnight success.
He wrote about sex in an explicit way (for the time).
He was a successful publisher.
Seven of his children died as babies.
He influenced Jane Austen.
His novels are still studied today.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 15 Most Boring Literary Classics (Ranked: 6)
• I Died on the Fourth of July (Ranked: 1761)
• I Outlived My Child
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• More Chins than are in a Chinese Phone Book
• My Book is on the Catholic Index of Forbidden Books
• Powdered Wig Wearers
• Profiles 15751-16000 (Ranked: 15841)
• Sissies
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 7]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 137 Votes: 56.20% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 87 Votes: 56.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 85 Votes: 55.29% Annoying