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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... never had any ill Designs on others , never thought of their having any upon him . He paid a perfect Deference to his Brother's Wisdom , from finding , that whenever he marked out a Boy as one that would behave ill , it always proved so ...
... never suspected any body without the strongest Proofs , very much applauded Camilla's Judgment , and concurred with her in her Senti- ments . And she proceeded as follows . You will be amazed , Sir , to find all the Guile and Cunning ...
... never entertained a single Thought ; nay , in Men whose Characters , and even Names have been unknown to me . Among all the Scurrilities with which I have been accused , ( tho ' equally and totally innocent of every one ) none ever ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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