· The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Store Stamped. Rich with wisdom and gentle irony, Goldsmith's only novel tells of an unworldly and generous vicar who lives contentedly with his large family until disaster strikes. But bankruptcy, . Description: Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain/5(K).
Literature Network» Oliver Goldsmith» The Vicar of Wakefield» Chapter 2. Chapter 2. Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrease the pride of the worthy. The temporal concerns of our family were chiefly committed to my wife's management, as to the spiritual I took them entirely under my own direction. The profits of my. The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith After two challenging Nobel prize-winners in a row, I was in the mood for a good classic. I'd never read anything by Oliver Goldsmith, though I'd heard of him because George Eliot, Jane Austen and Dickens all referred to The Vicar of Wakefield in novels that I read many years ago. The vicar of Wakefield: a tale by Oliver Goldsmith, M.D. Illustrated by German notes for the use of those, who apply themselves to the english language. , printed for B. Koerner zzzz.
Essays for The Vicar of Wakefield. The Vicar of Wakefield essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. A Life of Flawed Virtue in The Vicar of Wakefield; Transformation of the Redeemer: From Beowulf to the Vicar of Wakefield. The Vicar of Wakefield, published between and , is Oliver Goldsmith 's most famous work and one of the most beloved and widely-read 18th century English novels. It is also considered a model example of the sentimental novel, one of the era's most popular literary genres. Goldsmith wrote the novel during a period of personal duress, under a great deal of emotional strain due to his finances. In the character of Charles Primrose, the vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith created one of the unforgettable figures of English literature. The author pokes gentle fun at his shortcomings, including a certain obstinacy and short-sightedness, but the vicar is fundamentally good-natured and kind.
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