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The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith
Book Overview:
‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ was Oliver Goldsmith’s only novel.
It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.
Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently traveled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary’s assistant, a doctor and a school usher.
‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ was Oliver Goldsmith’s only novel.
It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.
Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently traveled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary’s assistant, a doctor and a school usher.
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'The blossom opening to the day, The dews of heaven refin'd, Could nought of purity display, To emulate his mind.
'The dew, the blossom on the tree, With charms inconstant shine; Their charms were his, but woe to me, Their constancy was mine.
'For still I try'd each fickle art, Importunate and vain; And while his passion touch'd my heart, I triumph'd in his pain.
'Till quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride; And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret where he died.
'But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay.
'And there forlorn despairing hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.'
'Forbid it heaven!' the hermit cry'd, And clasp'd her to his breast: The wondering fair one turn'd to chide, 'Twas Edwin. . . Read More
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You can't get very far into Victorian literature without tripping over references to The Vicar of Wakefield. Either the novel's heroine is reading the book, making fun of the book or trying to teach her French pupils how to translate the book. Oliver Goldsmith's 1766 novel is sort of the Moby Dick o
This was pretty ridiculous but also kind of cool. There is a whole lot of bad things happening every five minutes to this preacher and his family but the motto is don’t worry be happy because five minutes later a guy will come in the room and say oh yeah like that person that you thought was dead we
I know that this is a classic. I had it recommended to me at a very early age by Louisa May Alcott via Jo March and with that august endorsement did not ever think that it could be anything less than utterly charming.
In spite of that, it has taken 45 years for me to get around to reading it and I wi
Our book club was looking for a light, classic, novel and I suggested this based on the good memories I had of reading it when I was younger. I am not sure how the younger girls in the club will rate this book but while I found it slow in getting started the delightful ending made up for it all. It
Singurul roman al lui Oliver Goldsmith, cunoscut mai mult ca dramaturg și ca istoric, este un paradox. Dacă tot cadrul narativ este, până la un moment dat, însuflețit de o anumită fluiditate și nu exprimă nimic grozav, în a doua parte a romanului au loc schimbări care-l duc pe cititor în derută.
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Much like the Biblical story of Job but in a nineteenth century English setting, this tale of extreme misfortune suffered by an English vicar—followed in the end by the restoration of his former life—is a model for living through such extremes with exemplary alacrity. The vicar is described as a nat