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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... desired her Benefactor would get a Glass of Wine , and a Biscuit for him : for I am sure , says she , it is a great many Hours since the poor Creature has had any thing . " David with his Heart ready to burst , and his Eyes overflowing ...
... desired him not to let him remain in ignorance of whatever had befallen him during that Interval : which Request both my Sister and I ear- nestly joined in , and the Chevalier obligingly began , as follows : " The Day , Sir , after you ...
... desired him ] desired Dumont befallen him ] befallen so dear a Friend who it came from . ] from whom it came . greatest ... is , the ] insupportable Calamity of drove ] driven last often ] last , by often brought ... Remembrance ] I ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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