The Vicar of Wakefield
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
25 March 1982
Summary
Goldsmith’s only novel is a comic and intelligent work, following the travels of the Vicar of Wakefield, Dr Primrose.
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 o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140431599 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140431594 |
| Author: | Oliver Goldsmith, Stephen Coote |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 March 1982 |
| Weight: | 168g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774) was born in Ireland. Having studied at Trinity College, Dublin, he studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden after being rejected by the Church of Ireland. Settling in London, he was writing professionally by 1757 and became a friend of Johnson. Best known for She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield is his only novel and is generally considered his finest work.
Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of critical studies of Chaucer, T.S. Eliot and English literature of the Middle Ages, as well as biographies of Byron and William Morris.
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