Acceleration

Clarissa's progress is accelerating. Without attempting any proper statistical analysis, the graph above suggests that there has been a step change of pace after steady progress through April, May and June. Again without any proper statistical analysis, my guess is that the change is more accounted for by the fact of being on holiday than by that of having a more comfortable edition to read from, as noticed at reference 2. With any such analysis probably being defeated by the combination of near coincidence in time of the two conditions and the lack of comparable data from previous holidays.

While tabulation is complicated by the need to align all the data points with pages in the Penguin edition, regardless of which of my three editions - Penguin, Kindle/Centaur and Everyman - I was actually using on the day.

PS: with around 480 Everyman or 320 Penguin pages to go. With both counts being slightly confused by conclusions and postscripts which I have yet to bottom out.

Reference 1: Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage – Samuel Richardson – 1748.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/07/clarissa.html.