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The adventures of David Simple ; and, The adventures of David Simple, volume the last / c Sarah Fielding / edited with an introduction and notes by Linda Bree.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--England--Social conditions--18th century--Fiction.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- England.
- Local Subjects:
- London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 465 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Penguin, 2002.
- Summary:
- The Adventures of David Simple is the story of one man's search for truth, honesty, and friendship in a corrupt world. Following the literary model of Don Quixote, the novel is both a witty and engaging satire of eighteenth-century London life and a serious examination of the moral and social issues facing men and women of the day. Fielding draws upon her own experiences as an impoverished, unmarried gentlewoman to portray her two heroines, Cynthia and Camilla, and infuses the novel with provocative feminist ideas as she makes a pointed critique of the position of women.
- This Penguin Classics edition includes a critical introduction, suggestions for further reading, a chronology, notes, and a glossary. It also includes two appendixes: Henry Fielding's preface to the second edition and a note about the currency of eighteenth-century England.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0140437479
- OCLC:
- 59391157
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