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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... pleased with her Manner of talking , to interrupt her : And she thus continued her Story : " We had a young Cousin lived with us , who was the Daughter of my Father's Brother , she was the oddest Character I ever knew ; for she ...
... pleased . He then began to compliment her on her Understanding - - - insisted that it was impossible for a Woman of her Sense to be tied down by the common Forms of Custom which were only complied with by Fools - then ran through all ...
... pleased ] sometimes a little pleased of us .... wish it ; for ] of us ; nay , unless she could even prevail on him , to turn us out of doors , which unless she could make us appear guilty of some monstrous Villainy , she despaired of ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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