| Adventures of David Simple-Pa Contributor(s): Fielding, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813109450 ISBN-13: 9780813109459 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: " 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). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97-50429 |
| Series: Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.35 lbs) 442 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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). |