The Vicar of Wakefield - Goldsmith Oliver - No date

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283 pages. Burgundy leather bindings with gilt lettering on spine (faded) and gilt top edge of pages. Wear to corners of covers. Lightly tanned pages. Edges browned . Hinge is cracked at title page causing binding to be loose Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot ofimpersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain. By turns comic and sentimental, the novel's popularity owes much to its recognizable depiction of domestic life and loving family relationships. New to this edition is an introduction by Robert L. Mack that examines the reasons for the novels enduring popularity, as well as the critical debates over whether it is a straightforward novel of sentiment or a satire on the social and economic inequalities of the period and the very literaryconventions and morality it seems to embody. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Inventory No: 10100154. By: Goldsmith Oliver Year: No date Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: