The Vicar Of Wakefield (1952)

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The Vicar Of Wakefield (1952)
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The Vicar Of Wakefield (1952)

Oliver Goldsmith
Edition year 1952
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Margaret Wetherbee
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 175
Dimensions 21 × 14.5 cm

Edition details

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. 8 leaves of two-colour illustrations by Margaret Wetherbee. Decorative endleaves. Bound in white linen blocked with a green pattern. White dust-jacket printed in green and black. 175pp. 21x14.5cm.

About the book

Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield tells the story of Dr Charles Primrose, a kindly country clergyman who enjoys a peaceful life with his wife and children until a sudden financial disaster destroys the family's security. Forced to begin again with greatly reduced circumstances, the Primrose family faces a succession of romantic complications, misunderstandings, betrayals and misfortunes. Despite its hardships, the novel retains a warm and humorous tone, combining domestic comedy with sentiment and gentle social satire. Goldsmith explores family loyalty, virtue, pride, forgiveness and the instability of fortune, creating one of the most enduring novels of eighteenth-century English literature.

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