How does the author use foreshadowing in Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded?

The preface and the letters that precede the novel serve to introduce the novel to its readers. It also sets "Pamela" up as a book of manners, foreshadowing the content of the book. When the novel itself opens, the style of writing is presented in an epistolary style—using the format of a collection of letters. Many of the principal characters are introduced in this first section: Pamela, Mr. B, Lady Davers and Mrs. Jervis. The death of Pamela's lady begins the action and sets up the background against which the remainder of the novel occurs. Mr. B's promise to his mother to remember Pamela foreshadows his involvement with Pamela, though it is ironic that his choice of actions are greatly altered from what his mother seems to be suggesting on her deathbed.