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Vicar of Wakefield (Complete) and Miscellaneous Poems
by Goldsmith, Oliver
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Ireland & Co, Manchester, England, No date. Second Edition. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. gilt titles front in elaborate gilt border; front & rear covers diced with blind-stamped double fillet border enclosing in corners blind-stamped fleur-de-lys design; a volume in the 'People's Penny Library' series; undated but probably early 1800's; poems include: 'The Traveller'; 'The Deserted Village'; 'The Logicians Refuted'; 'Description of an Author's Bedchamber'; 'The Gift'; 'The Double Transformation'; 'Epilogue'; 'A New Simile'; with two Songs & two Stanzas; previous owner's name faintly inside front cover; rear hinge starting; marks to rear cover & light wear to extremities; 132 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Classics; Fiction. Inventory No: CLS00021. .
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
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CLS00021
- Title
- Vicar of Wakefield (Complete) and Miscellaneous Poems
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ireland & Co
- Place of Publication
- Manchester, England
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Classics/Oliver Goldsmith/Vicar of Wakefield/Poems/People's Penny Library Poetry; Classics; Fiction. Unbranded Goldsmith, Oliver Vicar of Wakefield (Complete) and Miscellaneous Poems
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