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 Concluded

Fielding, Sarah; Sabor, Peter [ed]

ISBN 10: 0813109450 / ISBN 13: 9780813109459

Published by Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1998

About this Item

Minor reading wear. Top of spine is a bit bumped. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Bibliography. xli, 399 pp.

Seller Inventory # 030169

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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 Concluded
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813109450
• ISBN 13: 9780813109459
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good+

About this title

Synopsis

The Adventures of David Simple (1744), Sarah Fielding's first and most celebrated novel, went through several editions, the second of which was heavily revised by her brother Henry. This edition includes Henry's "corrections" in an appendix. In recounting the guileless hero's search for a true friend, the novel depicts the derision with which almost everyone treats his sentimental attitudes to human nature. Acclaimed as an accurate portrait of mid-eighteenth-century London, The Adventures of David Simple sets forth some provocative feminist ideas. Also included is Fielding's much darker sequel, Volume the Last (1753).

About the Author

Sarah Fielding (1710-1768) was an English author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding. She wrote The Governess, or Little Female Academy (1749), the first novel in English aimed specifically at children. Earlier she had success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple (1744).