The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable

by Sarah Fielding, Jane Collier, Mary Anne Schofield (Introduction)

Never, O ye Cry, by the methods you would delight in, could Ferdinand have persuaded me to love him: but often hath he raised himself in my esteem, when I believe I have not been in his thoughts, and when he hath been addressing his conversation to some other part of the company; and in this sense (and no other) often might he be said strongly to make love to me.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1754

About the author

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 (1749), which was the first novel in English written especially for children (children's literature), and had earlier achieved success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple (1744).

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of cool, deserves credit like Barker for its sheer originality and experimentation, rarely discussed in relation to the stage and David Garick.