by Oliver Goldsmith · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140431599
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«The Vicar of Wakefield» is Oliver Goldsmith's satirical novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Doctor Primrose, a kind rural vicar, loses his fortune in a disastrous investment and moves with his family to a humble life. His daughter is seduced, his son reappears in a traveling theatre and ends up in a debtors' prison without losing his faith. Goldsmith narrates it with warm humor and gentle satire of the literary conventions of his time.
Oliver Goldsmith's only novel, originally published in 1766; this Penguin Classics edition is from 1982.
Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is regarded as one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to those of playwright William Shakespeare. Credited with introducing sentimentalism in English literature in 18th-century Great Britain, several of Goldsmith's publications are popular classics of the period, including his only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the comedy play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
