The adventures of David Simple
Subtitle: 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
By: Sarah Fielding ; Peter Sabor, editor.
Contributors: Sabor, Peter.; Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.
Series: Eighteenth-century novels by women
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Friendship -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Other titles: Adventures of David Simple ; Adventures of David Simple, volume the last; Adventures of David Simple, volume the last.
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, the fourth in the series Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women, reproduces the original text of the novel for the first time since its initial publication and 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).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-399).