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Sarah Fielding Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Nov 8, 1710
  • Died: Apr 9, 1768

Sarah Fielding was a British author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding. She was the author of The Governess, or The Little Female Academy, which was the first novel in English written especially for children, and had earlier achieved success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple.

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. moving on

The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination. imagination

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 sayings from Robert Browning

22 sayings from Robert Browning

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With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher