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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... Characters she had given them . As soon as Valentine thought she had rested long enough , to make it agreeable to ... Character was mistaken ; and that the other Gentleman , who was reputed to be perfectly artless , employed his whole ...
... character- istic sort of Writing , give me Leave to say , that this Novelty of Variation is required only amongst the principal Characters of a Story , in the same Man- ner as in the leading Notes of a Song or Piece of Music : for it is ...
... Character of being one of the honestest Men in his Profession ; and on the Dependance of his fair Character ( most foully and hypocritically acquired ) he had the Assurance to tell me , that he owned ( but he took Care no Witness should ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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