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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... sisters , and their younger brother continued to live with their grandmother in Salisbury until Lady Gould's death ... sister Margaret Collier ( 1717-94 ) , who would become governess to Henry Fielding's children , and of their brother ...
... Sister was for a Woman , had a remarkable good Understanding , and a lively Wit ; all which rendered him perfectly agreeable , and I think it would have been very difficult for any Woman disengaged in her Affections to have resisted his ...
... Sister by his wrong - placed Pride : for she had a Lover , who was greatly her Superior in point of Fortune ; but there were some Circumstances in his Affairs , which made it very inconvenient for him to marry her immediately . The ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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