SARAH FIELDING
\sˈe͡əɹə fˈiːldɪŋ], \sˈeəɹə fˈiːldɪŋ], \s_ˈeə_ɹ_ə f_ˈiː_l_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
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An English novelist, sister to Henry; born in East Stour, Dorsetshire, Nov. 8, 1710; died at Bath, 1768. Contemporaries adjudged her to show something like genius in her novels "The Adventures of David Simple in Search of a Faithful Friend" (1744), and "The Governess" (1749). She also did a few important biographies and translations.
By Charles Dudley Warner
