The Adventures of David Simple
The Adventures of David Simple
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Sarah, sister of Henry Fielding and close friend of Samuel Richardson, shares much of her brother's wit and irony, but it was her psychological penetration which earned her the praise of Richardson and Samuel Johnson.
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The Adventures of David Simple by Sarah Fielding
'What a knowledge of the human heart!' wrote Samuel Richardson to Sarah Fielding in 1756. Sarah Fielding was one of the earliest English novelists to explore the feelings of her characters, and her close friend Richardson particularly praised her psychological insight, and her awareness of 'the finer springs and movements' of the heart. David Simple is a hero entirely without guile or duplicity. Unguarded against the hypocrisy of the world, he is tricked out of his inheritance and sets out on a quest for a true and honest friend. Like her brother Henry, Sarah Fielding was adept at telling a story with great wit and irony, and this 'Moral Romance' presents a darkly satirical vision of the world. This edition of David Simple, her first novel, reprints the text of the second edition of 1744, which was substantially revised and prefaced by Henry, working with Sarah's full approval. The sequel, Volume the Last, published in 1753, is also included here; in it she achieves a blend of irony and sentimentality quite her own.
Fielding, Sarah: - 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).
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192817662 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192817663 |
| Titre | The Adventures of David Simple |
| Auteur | Sarah Fielding |
| Série | World's Classics S |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Oxford University Press |
| Année de publication | 1987-09-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 464 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |