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Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Leatherette; Hurst & Co
- Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY. Good with no dust jacket; Leatherette; Hurst & Co. Brown leatherette flex boards with gilt titles to spine and front board. Good, edges rubbed, previous owner name. 303 pages, The Companion Book Series.; 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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- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8331
- Title
- Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Leatherette; Hurst & Co
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature;
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About the Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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