by Oliver Goldsmith · Dutton Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780460012959
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«The Vicar of Wakefield» is Oliver Goldsmith's novel published by Dutton Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Doctor Primrose, a kind and trusting vicar, lives happily with his large family until financial ruin and the abduction of his daughter drag him to prison. Despite the misfortunes, he does not lose his faith or integrity. Goldsmith uses that twist to ironically parody the literary conventions of his time: the pastoral, artificial romance, and stoic heroism.
Oliver Goldsmith's only novel was originally published in 1766; this edition belongs to the Everyman Paperbacks collection.
Readers of English literature classics and the eighteenth century who appreciate comedy with irony and literary criticism.
Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is regarded as one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to those of playwright William Shakespeare. Credited with introducing sentimentalism in English literature in 18th-century Great Britain, several of Goldsmith's publications are popular classics of the period, including his only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the comedy play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
