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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... married a widow , Anne Rapha , in January 1719 , only nine months after his first wife's death . By this marriage Sarah would gain six step- brothers , including John Fielding ( 1721-80 ) , a prominent magistrate who gave her financial ...
... married , despite the financial benefits that marriage offered impecunious young women such as they . As Linda Bree suggests , the probable explanation is that neither the Fielding nor the Collier sisters were " rich enough to attract ...
... married ; for he would have been kind to me , if he had lived . He had more Children , and was not very rich , so that he could not leave us a great deal : However , he left me 30 l . per Annum , in an Annuity ; and to his Son 500 7 ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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