Sarah Fielding

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Sarah Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist and translator, best known for her pioneering work "The Adventures of David Simple" and for being one of the earliest women to publish fiction in English.

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Sarah Fielding canonical 4

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instanceOf human
novelist
translator
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1710-11-08
dateOfDeath 1768-04-09
ethnicGroup English
familyName Fielding
father Edmund Fielding
genre children's literature
moral fiction
novel
givenName Sarah
influencedBy Henry Fielding
Samuel Richardson
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod Enlightenment
mother Sarah Gould
movement Augustan literature
notableAchievement among the earliest women to publish fiction in English
pioneer of the English novel
notableFor early example of a psychological novel in The Adventures of David Simple
writing one of the first English novels for children, The Governess, or The Little Female Academy
notableWork Familiar Letters Between the Principal Characters in David Simple
linked to: Familiar Letters

Remarks on Clarissa
The Adventures of David Simple
The Adventures of David Simple: Volume the Last
The Governess, or The Little Female Academy
The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia
occupation novelist
translator
placeOfBirth East Stour, Dorset
placeOfDeath Bath, Somerset
linked to: Bath
residence Bath, Somerset
linked to: Bath

London
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender female
sibling Henry Fielding
John Fielding
translatedFromLanguage Greek
Latin
translatedWork Xenophon’s Memorabilia (adapted for young readers)
wroteAbout female education
friendship
morality

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Henry Fielding sibling Sarah Fielding
Fielding hasNotableBearer Sarah Fielding
Edmund Fielding notableRelative Sarah Fielding
Mary Daniel relative Sarah Fielding