The Vicar of Wakefield

Name: The Vicar of Wakefield
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
ISBN: 9781976492815

by Oliver Goldsmith

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Rich with wisdom and gentle irony, Oliver Goldsmith's only novel is a charming comedy that tells of an unworldly and generous vicar who lives contentedly with his large family until disaster strikes. When his idyllic life is brutally interrupted by bankruptcy and his daughter's abduction, he lands in prison. Yet these misfortunes fail to dampen the vicar's spirit or cause him to lose sight of Christian morality. A delightful lampoon of such literary conventions of the day as pastoral scenes, art

First published 1766 250 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 2
Editions known: 400

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DDC 823.64 LCC PR-3490.00000000.A D6 1928 AbductionAbduction -- FictionAbduction in fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children of clergyChildren of clergy -- FictionChildren of clergy in fictionChristian life

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