Familiar Letters Between the Principal Characters in David Simple, and Some Others. To Which is Added, A Vision. By the Author of David Simple. In two Volumes. ... of 2; Volume 2

by Sarah Fielding

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British Library

N009649

Author of David Simple = Sarah Fielding. The preface and letters XL-XLIV are by Henry Fielding. Intended as a continuation of 'The adventures of David Simple'.

Dublin : printed for E. and J. Exshaw, 1747. 2v. ; 12°

186 pages, Hardcover

Published April 21, 2018

About the author

Sarah Fielding was a British author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding. She was the author of The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1749), which was the first novel in English written especially for children (children's literature), and had earlier achieved success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple (1744).