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The Vicar Of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Classics Book Club, 1951. Blue cloth, gilt text on spine. 192pp. Cloth and gilt on spine are worn. Darkened on top edge. Contents clean, binding firm. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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
- Seller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000478
- Title
- The Vicar Of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Classics Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Fiction Classic Humour Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Humour and Satire;
- Size
- 12mo
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Te Awamutu, Waikato
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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