| The Vicar of Wakefield Contributor(s): Goldsmith, Oliver (Author), Boynton, Henry W. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0548020280 ISBN-13: 9780548020289 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 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. By turns comic and sentimental, the novel's popularity owes much to its recognizable depiction of domestic life and loving family relationships. New to this edition is an introduction by Robert L. Mack that examines the reasons for the novels enduring popularity, as well as the critical debates over whether it is a straightforward novel of sentiment or a satire on the social and economic inequalities of the period and the very literary conventions and morality it seems to embody. This edition also includes a new, up-to-date bibliography and expanded notes, and contains reprints of Arthur Friedman's authoritative Oxford English Novels text of the corrected first edition of 1766. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.16 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |