Clarissa may refer to: *

Clarissa (given name) Clarissa is a female name, female given name borrowed from Latin language, Latin, Italian language, Italian, and Portuguese language, Portuguese, originally denoting a Roman Catholic nun, nun of the Roman Catholic monastic order, Order of Order o ...

, a female given name * ''

Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady ''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'' is an epist ...

'', a novel by Samuel Richardson * ''Clarissa'' (film), a 1941 German film * ''Clarissa'' (TV series), a British television drama series based on Richardson's novel *

Clarissa, Minnesota Clarissa is a city in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 681 at the 2010 census. It dropped to 661 inhabitants by the 2020 census. History Clarissa was platted in 1877, and named for Clarissa Bischoffsheim, the wife o ...

, a small city in the United States *

302 Clarissa 302 Clarissa is a typical main belt asteroid. The asteroid was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 14 November 1890 in Nice. The origin of the name is unknown. In 1991, 302 Clarissa was being considered as a possible fly-by ...

, an asteroid * ''Clarissa'', an opera based on the Richardson novel by

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

* ''Clarissa'', an unfinished novel by

Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig ( ; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Zweig was raised in V ...

* ''Clarissa'', a genus of sawflies in the family Pergidae

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