The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of His Travels Through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend ; And, The Adventures of David Simple, Volume the Last : in which His History is ConcludedUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1998 - 399 pages Sarah Fielding (1710-1768), the author of five novels, a children's story, an imaginative historical biography, a critical treatise on Clarissa, and a translation from the Greek of Xenophon, is among the most versatile and interesting eighteenth-century women writers. The Adventures of David Simple (1744), Fielding's first and most celebrated novel, went through many English editions -- including a second edition heavily revised by her brother Henry -- and was translated into German and French. The guileless hero, having been cheated by his hypocritical younger brother, sets out to find a "real friend". In recounting David's search, the novel depicts the derision with which almost everyone treats his sentimental attitudes to human nature. An important secondary character acts as a mouthpiece for some provocative feminist ideas. This edition makes the original text of the novel available for the first time since 1744. It also reproduces Fielding's much darker sequel, Volume the Last (1753), in which a string of disasters befalls David and his family. |
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... Acquaintance quite overcame her ; and , as she had never been Mistress of above forty Shillings at a time , a hun- dred Guineas appeared such an immense Sum , that she easily conceived she could live very well , without being obliged to ...
... Acquaintance , when he throughly knew him . However , he got up the next Morning , with a design of entering into a Conversation , that might give him more light into his Friend's Mind and Disposition . He found him at Breakfast with ...
... Acquaintance with a Man , of whose Principles he had so just an Abhorrence . Yet , on the other hand , when he reflected , that the only Account he had received of Mr. Orgueil came from Spatter , who never gave any one a good Character ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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