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The Vicar of Wakefield

A Tale, supposed to be Written by Himself

Oliver Goldsmith author Ian Campbell Ross editor Aileen Douglas editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Jun '24

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A brand-new edition of the enduringly popular tale, enjoyed and acclaimed by literary and popular readers for over 250 years.

A brand-new, scholarly yet accessible edition of one of English literature's most widely reprinted works, offering an accurate text and extensive and helpful annotation. Contextual materials include a lively introduction to the history of the international reception of The Vicar of Wakefield by many kinds of readers over 250 years.This newly edited critical edition of an enduringly popular tale, one of the most widely reprinted and illustrated works of fiction in English, offers readers an authoritative text along with extensive and helpful annotation. Following the lives of the vicar and his family, and the various calamities which befall them, The Vicar of Wakefield was one of the most popular and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. A lively introduction details the reception of Goldsmith's tale, from comments by Frances Burney and Goethe, through Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving and Henry James, to critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The volume also includes appendices comprising a wealth of contextual information, enhancing the work for contemporary readers. For scholars of Goldsmith and new readers alike, this edition will prove the authoritative version of a tale that moved generations of readers to laughter and to tears.

ISBN: 9781108479165

Dimensions: 223mm x 147mm x 23mm

Weight: 650g

384 pages