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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... Sarah Fielding Peter Sabor. Remarks on Clarissa and The Governess , both soon to be published ; the allusion is to Pope's Dunciad ( 1742 ) , IV , 251-52 . 30. Letter of 28 December 1751 , Correspondence of Henry and Sarah Fielding , p ...
... Sarah Fielding Peter Sabor. 41. An entry in the Countess of Pomfret's diary for March 1745 , discovered by Isobel Grundy and noted by Linda Bree ( Sarah Fielding , p . 11 ) , records that " Mrs. Boothby brought Mrs. Fielding here ...
... Sarah Fielding Peter Sabor. in English 3 ( 1957 ) : 117-21 . Studies Henry Fielding's revisions to the text of David Simple ; very condescending towards Sarah . Kavanagh , Julia . “ Miss Fielding .— ' David Simple . ” English Women of ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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