The Vicar of Wakefield
de Oliver Goldsmith
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- VG/N/a
- Librería
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: George Routledge In "Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books". Green buckram covers with gilt, 245pp plus adverts. ND but looks 1890s. Covers have modest wear to extrems, slightly more to head and foot of spine. Endpapers yellowed and prelims foxed, with occasional very light foxing in text bloc and on yellowed page edges. Otherwise internally very clean and tight. Ref:104523. Reprint. Buckram. VG/N/a. 13x19cm.
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004523
- Título
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Autor
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- N/a
- Edición
- Reprint
- Editorial
- George Routledge
- Lugar de publicación
- London
Términos de venta
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
Sobre el vendedor
Church Street Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
Sobre Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
