The Vicar of Wakefield - Softcover
The Reverend mr. Primrose is a romantic, an optimist, a man of untarnished goodwill who delights in "those harmless delusions that tend to make us more happy." Yet the author is not trying to show us a grinning old fool, a blissful innocent.
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Oliver Goldsmith is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Alaska.
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Novel by Oliver Goldsmith, published in two volumes in 1766. The story, a portrait of village life, is narrated by Dr. Primrose, the title character, whose family endures many trials--including the loss of most of their money, the seduction of one daughter, the destruction of their home by fire, and the vicar's incarceration--before all is put right in the end. The novel's idealization of rural life, sentimental moralizing, and melodramatic incidents are countered by a sharp but good-natured irony. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
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- PublisherAirmont Pub Co
- Publication date1964
- ISBN 10 0804900523
- ISBN 13 9780804900522
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages237
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