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Richardson did not devote all of his time just to working on his new novel, but was busy printing various works for other authors that he knew.

In 1742, he printed the third edition of Daniel Defoe's Tour through Great Britain.

He filled his new few years with smaller works for his friends until 1748, when Richardson started helping Sarah Fielding and her friend Jane Collier to write novels.

By 1748, Richardson was so impressed with Collier that he accepted her as the governess to his daughters.

In 1753, she wrote An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting with the help of Sarah Fielding and possibly James Harris or Richardson, and it was Richardson who printed the work.

But Collier was not the only author to be helped by Richardson, as he printed an edition of Young's Night Thoughts in 1749.