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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... soon concluded ; and she now no longer made any difficulty of preferring Gaiety and Show to every thing in the World . She thought herself ill used by Mr. Simple , ( not knowing the true Cause of his leaving her in that abrupt man- ner ...
... soon made me consent to . My Brother was as good as his word , for he would never see me more . And , indeed , it was not long , before I found what he had told me was too true , that my Husband would not follow his Business ; for as soon ...
... soon after their Marriage , agreed to leave Lon- don , and , together with the old Gentleman , to settle themselves in some pleas- ant country Village , out of the Reach of that Hurry and Bustle , so very con- trary to the Taste of our ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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