Editing Sarah Fielding (section)

{{Short description|English author (1710–1768)}}
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|name = Sarah Fielding
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|pseudonym = "the author of David Simple"
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1710|11|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[East Stour, Dorset]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1768|4|9|1710|1|8|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], England
|occupation = Novelist
|nationality = English
|relatives = [[Henry Fielding]]<br>[[John Fielding]]
|period = 1744–62
|genre = Sentimental literature, children's literature, biography, literary criticism
|movement = [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]
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'''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's literature|children]].<ref>H. Carpenter and M. Prichard. 1984. ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'', Oxford University Press.</ref> Earlier she had success with her novel ''The Adventures of David Simple'' (1744).<ref>"Sarah Fielding". ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online''. Retrieved 19 December 2009.</ref><ref name="Smithsonian">{{Cite web |last1=Boissoneault |first1=Lorraine |title=The First Novel for Children Taught Girls the Power of Reading |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-novel-children-taught-girls-power-reading-180968765 |website=Smithsonian.com |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=11 April 2018 |date=11 April 2018}}</ref>