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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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
novelist
translator
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1710-11-08
dateOfDeath 1768-04-09
ethnicGroup English
familyName Fielding NERFINISHED
father Edmund Fielding NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
moral fiction
novel
givenName Sarah NERFINISHED
influencedBy Henry Fielding NERFINISHED
Samuel Richardson NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod Enlightenment
mother Sarah Gould NERFINISHED
movement Augustan literature NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Remarks on Clarissa NERFINISHED
The Adventures of David Simple NERFINISHED
The Adventures of David Simple: Volume the Last NERFINISHED
The Governess, or The Little Female Academy NERFINISHED
The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
translator
placeOfBirth East Stour, Dorset NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bath, Somerset NERFINISHED
residence Bath, Somerset NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender female
sibling Henry Fielding NERFINISHED
John Fielding NERFINISHED
translatedFromLanguage Greek
Latin
translatedWork Xenophon’s Memorabilia (adapted for young readers) NERFINISHED
wroteAbout female education
friendship
morality

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