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).

The Adventures of David Simple and Volume the Last

Literature & Fiction

Sarah Fielding

United States

University Press of Kentucky

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

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Nabu Press

The Governess was the first novel written in English especially for children. In the Preface Fielding admonishes her reader to remember that the true reason for reading is to improve yourself and to have pleasure. She further tells her young readers that they should desire to learn from their governess and not think they already know everything.  Wise words in the 18^th  century that still hold true in the 21st century.

The Governess

Children's Books

Sarah Fielding, Fielding

Classics

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