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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... Company rushed at once into his Memory ; and when he reflected on what had just happened , he could not account for such a Difference in one Man's Conduct . He was some- times ready to blame himself , and thought he must have been ...
... Company of People , none of whom were in any manner of want of it . This was a melancholy Prospect for poor David ; for nothing could be a stronger Proof of the selfish and mercenary Tempers of Mankind , than to see those People , whom ...
... Company that were in it take a small Repaste of Ham and cold Chicken ; but that perhaps was owing to a Weakness in some of the Stomachs of the Passengers , which disabled them from fasting above an Hour at a time . As David and his Company ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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