Sarah Fielding

Linda Bree (University of Cambridge)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

Born 8 Nov 1710
Died 1768
Activity 1744-1768

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Fielding's Works

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Sarah Fielding was born on 8 November 1710 at East Stour, a village in Dorset in the South of England. She was the fourth of seven Fielding children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Her father Edmund was a glamorous figure, a senior army officer and younger son of a younger son of the aristocracy; her mother was the daughter of Sir Henry Gould, one of England's most senior law officers. The siblings were and remained close: in adulthood Sarah lived for some time with her three sisters, and her elder brother Henry, the playwright, novelist and magistrate, was a mentor and friend to her until his death in 1754.

Part of the reason for the siblings'closeness was that when Sarah was seven years old her mother died, and within a matter of months her father had remarried. His new wife, Anne

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Citation: Bree, Linda. "Sarah Fielding". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 March 2003 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1526, accessed 21 November 2024.]