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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
de Goldsmith, Oliver
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- Very Good
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Constable. Very Good. 1914. Hard Cover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Spine slightly faded. Gilt to top page edges. Clean text with 16 coloured plates (some tissue guarded) and 48 black and white illustrations. Rough cut page edges. Previous owners details on ffep dated 1924. 347 pages clean and tight except for a very few light foxing spots. .
Sinopsis
"The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity." When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures – encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor’s prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield , Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day – from pastoral and romance to the picaresque – infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire. In his introduction, Stephen Coote discusses Goldsmith’s eventful life, the literary devices used in the novel, and its central themes of Christianity, justice and the family. This edition also includes a bibliography and notes.
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- Librería
- CHARLES BOSSOM
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 143121
- Título
- THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
- Autor
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Ilustrador
- Edmund J. Sullivan.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Constable
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1914
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CHARLES BOSSOM
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
Sobre CHARLES BOSSOM
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
