Sarah Fielding | |
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| Born | 8 November 1710 East Stour, Dorset |
| Died | 9 April 1768 (aged 58) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Pen name | "the author of David Simple" |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1744–62 |
| Genre | Sentimental literature, children's literature, biography, literary criticism |
| Literary movement | Enlightenment |
| Relatives | Henry Fielding John Fielding |
Sarah Fielding (8 November 1710 – 9 April 1768) was an English author and sister of the playwright, novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding. She wrote The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1749), thought to be the first novel in English aimed expressly at children.[1] Earlier she had success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple (1744).[2][3]