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Oxford University Press, New York
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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 contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and...
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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 contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and unsophisticated yet also ironically complex narrators ever to appear in English fiction. - ;'He loved all mankind; for fortune prevented him from knowing there were rascals.'. 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.
Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Oliver Goldsmith; I. The description of the family of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons; II. Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrease the pride of the worthy; III. A migration. The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring; IV. A proof that even the humblest fortune may grant happiness, which depends not on circumstance, but constitution
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 contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and unsophisticated yet also ironically complex narrators ever to appear in English fiction. - ;'He loved all mankind; for fortune prevented him from knowing there were rascals.'. 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
The vicar of Wakefield
Published:
2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, New York
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 contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and...
more
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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 contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and unsophisticated yet also ironically complex narrators ever to appear in English fiction. - ;'He loved all mankind; for fortune prevented him from knowing there were rascals.'. 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
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Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Oliver Goldsmith; I. The description of the family of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons; II. Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrease the pride of the worthy; III. A migration. The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring; IV. A proof that even the humblest fortune may grant happiness, which depends not on circumstance, but constitution.
