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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... poor Man's Description of his youngest Girl , was warmed with the Remem- brance of his chief Companion in innocent Play , his dear little Sister Fanny , and cried out , " Pray , poor Man , take my Mess3 too . " But even Hunger could not ...
... poor Man lay within Doors , and be kept warm ; I'll spare him any thing , and lay more cold myself . " David , in the Warmth of his Heart , was going to comply , but suddenly recollecting , that , whilst he lived in this World , some ...
... poor Sum of six thousand Pounds , and retired into this Country , ashamed to see any of his former Acquaintance , who had known him in his Prosperity . He then bought that little Farm in which he lately lived , and which he settled on ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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