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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... appearance in print was probably an anonymous contribution to Henry Fielding's first full - length novel , Joseph ... appeared only ten weeks later , in July . These sales , however , did not improve Fielding's finan- cial position ...
... Appearance of so much Merit . Indeed it was true ; for there was such an open Simplicity in their Manner , and such a Goodness of Heart appeared in their Love to each other , as would have made any one less credulous than Mr. Simple ...
... appeared very odd to me , that a Girl of her Sense should in so short a time be thus violently attached to a Man ; and had it not appeared so very visibly , the Improbability of it would have made me overlook it . For my own part , I ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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