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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... Places at once ; the best Expedient to be found out is , to play a Rubbers at one place , and then drive their Horses to death , to get to the other time enough not to disappoint their Friends . For you must know , every Lady looks on ...
... place where he might get what was decent , and be taken care of . He had indeed a Chamber below stairs , where every thing was clean , tho ' in a very plain way , which he should be welcome to have ; but he sup- posed they would be ...
... Place to Place , to hide from his own Mind the Death of Camilla . He knew , unless he could fly from himself , the Picture could not be rooted from his Heart . Human Phi- losophy had little Chance of bringing him Comfort . It was vain ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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