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Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) 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.
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1744.
First edition, two 12mo volumes, contemporary ownership inscription of Eliza Smyth on both title pages and Samuel Triskey (?) on ffep; bound in uniform full contemporary English calf, both volumes rebacked, corners repaired; 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.
"David Simple shares the distinction of being one of the two earliest examples of the Man of Feeling in English fiction. Spontaneously benevolent, sensitive, and idealistic, David is at the same time remarkably innocent and hence ill-equipped to cope with a cynically callous world." (Quoted from Gerard A. Barker's David Simple: The Novel of Sensibility in Embryo from Modern Language Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring 1982, pages 69-80.)
