THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
by GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor Edge Wear./No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company , 1929. Pictorial stamping and lettering in gilt. Twelve full-page color illustrations, 22 drawings in black and white, pictorial endpapers by ARTHUR RACKHAM. Covers only very gently worn. Small crease at head of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. See Lattimor and Haskell p.65. 232pp.. First American Edition. Blue Cloth. Minor Edge Wear./No Jacket. Royal Octavo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000528
- Title
- THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Edge Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED, RACKHAM
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