The Vicar of Wakefield - Couverture souple

Goldsmith, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486434109 ISBN 13 : 9780486434100

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2004

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774) was born in Ireland. Having studied at Trinity College, Dublin, he studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden after being rejected by the Church of Ireland. Settling in London, he was writing professionally by 1757 and became a friend of Johnson. Best known for She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield is his only novel and is generally considered his finest work.Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of critical studies of Chaucer, T.S. Eliot and English literature of the Middle Ages, as well as biographies of Byron and William Morris.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

One of the most popular novels of its time, The Vicar of Wakefield tells the story of Dr. Primrose, a wealthy man who enjoys a seemingly perfect life with his family in a quaint Irish village. However, when the vicar’s wealth is usurped by a treacherous merchant investor, his family undergoes tremendous hardship and turmoil. The good nature of the Primroses contrasting sharply with the iniquitous characters around them, The Vicar of Wakefield is a sentimental novel that explores what happens when idyllic lives are no longer insulated from the evils of the world and how good people still manage to persevere.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0486434109
• ISBN 13: 9780486434100
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144