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The Vicar of Wakefield: With a preface by Austin Dobson
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
This small hardcover book from 1892 is in good condition. It is bound in blue and white pictorial cloth with gold decor.and has blue flowered endsheets, and has numerous engraved illustrations. The top page edges are gilded. Well over a century in age, this is a very pretty copy of a classic work of literature.
Synopsis
"The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity." When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures – encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor’s prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield , Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day – from pastoral and romance to the picaresque – infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire. In his introduction, Stephen Coote discusses Goldsmith’s eventful life, the literary devices used in the novel, and its central themes of Christianity, justice and the family. This edition also includes a bibliography and notes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Desert Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with numerous engravings
- Format/Binding
- Bound in blue and white pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- 280 psges
- Size
- 4in x 6in
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- goldsmith vicar wakefield
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature;
Terms of Sale
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