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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... story . As Bree observes , " in setting her story in a girls ' school Fielding was being both inno- vative and radical . " 22 The genre that later became so popular has its origins here : both the didactic school stories of the ...
... Story . HE next Evening , after the usual Civilities had passed between David and Cynthia , she , at his Request , went on with her Story . " I spent the whole time I was abroad in Misery ; because my Lady chose to see me unhappy , and ...
... Story , he begged her to go on with it ; and she , who never wanted to be asked twice to oblige any of that Company , proceeded as will be seen in the next Chapter . CHAPTER V The Continuation of the Story of Corinna . ORINNA'S manner ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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