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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... young Fellow's Life , I should give a kind Answer to a Note he had sent by her ; which she put into my Hand , and presently mixed amongst the Croud . I made haste home with the utmost Impatience , to read my Letter ; it contained the ...
... young Woman in an old Silk Gown , which looked as if it had been a good one , but it was so tattered , it would ... young Woman ; - -then turned his Eyes on the Landlady , whom he was ready to throw down stairs for her Cruelty . He was ...
... young Fellow , whom he call'd his Friend , with Money to recover a Fortune , of which he pretended his Guardian had cheated him . But just as the Affair was like to come to a Tryal , the young Fellow died ; and Mr. Tilson had nothing to ...
Contents
Book I | 3 |
Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions | 350 |
Emendations | 367 |
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