THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
by OLIVER GOLDSMITH
- Used
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Havant, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, 1843. Full Calf. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. WILLIAM MULREADY. Attractive full polished calf binding. Boards lightly rubbed and lightly marked, all edges gilt, ink and pencil inscriptions to rear of front free endpaper, light foxing to some pages, otherwise clean throughout. Good to very good.
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
- Tobo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008106
- Title
- THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
- Author
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH
- Illustrator
- WILLIAM MULREADY
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- JOHN VAN VOORST
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1843
- Pages
- -1
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
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