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 (Series: Oxford English Novels.)

1969. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 436pp. Blue cloth with gilt and navy title to the spine. Frontispiece, bibliography, chronology, notes. The corners are lightly bumped, a price sticker on the front flap of the dust jacket and minor, light, notation throughout the text. "The position of Sarah Fielding is unique in the history of the English novel. She was the sister of Henry Fielding, and the close friend of Samuel Richardson. This edition of her first novel, the Adventures of David Simple.reprints the text of the second edition of 1744 which was substantially revised, and prefaced, by her brother Henry". Edited with introduction by Malcolm Kelsall. Series: Oxford English Novels. (Fiction, Fiction, Travel).