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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... House as well as I am myself , and cannot think what you complain of . If you are not con- tented , you best know how to find a Remedy ; many a Brother in your Case , I believe , would think themselves very happy , to meet with the ...
... house , as soon as he heard the dismal Sound of Fire , had flown to David's House , and getting into the Win- dow of a small Closet , in which his little Friend David lay , had caught him into his Arms , and awakened the other two ...
... House stood by itself , no other Damage was done , but burn- ing that with all the Furniture , down to the Ground ... House till the next Morning , when Mrs. Dunster hastened to let him know the Di- saster , and that David's Family were ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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