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 ; and, the adventures of David Simple, volume the last : in which his history is concluded / Sarah Fielding ; Peter Sabor, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

A two-volume reprint--restoring original text-- of an 18th century novel on the pitfalls of friendship. The hero, David Simple, is a man repeatedly deceived by people to whom he became attached. In the first volume he is cheated of his fortune, but regains it, in the second he loses it for good.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; Note on the Text; The Adventures of David Simple; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; The Adventures of David Simple, Volume the Last; Book V; Book VI; Book VII; Appendices; I: Henry Fielding's Preface to the Second Edition (1744); II: Substantive Variants between the First and Second Editions; III: Emendations; IV: Thomas Stothard's Illustrations to the Novelist's Magazine Edition (1782); Notes to the Novel; Bibliography.

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