The Vicar of Wakefield / by Oliver Goldsmith ; with a introduction and notes and a selection of commentaries by Robert Donald Spector

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 conquer 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, artificial romance, and the hero's stoic bravery, The Vicar of Wakefield has remained a classic since its first publication in 1766.

subjects: England -- Fiction Notes: This Is An Ocr Reprint. There May Be Numerous Typos Or Missing Text. There Are No Illustrations Or Indexes.
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Oliver Goldsmith's classic story of a generous and contented vicar whose life takes a dramatic turn when he suddenly goes bankrupt, his daughter is abducted, and he lands in prison Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.