The Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver (Text by); Arthur Rackham (Illustrated by)
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. First American trade edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto (10 x 7 1/2"). 231, [1]pp. Original gray-blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering and illustration on front cover and spine. Top of book block in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated half-title and title page. Color frontispiece.
"In the England of jazz and Noel Coward the whimsical and fantastic had grown increasingly out of fashion. With "The Vicar of Wakefield" of 1929... Rackham played it safe by turning to historical costume... in which he had long been supremely accomplished and successful" (Hudson, p.126).
""The Vicar of Wakefield" is a novel by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. It was written in 1761 and 1762, and published in 1766, and was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century books. The novel is mentioned in George Eliot's "Middlemarch," Jane Austen's "Emma," Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and "David Copperfield," Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Sarah Grand's "The Heavenly Twins," Charlotte Brontë's "The Professor" and "Villette," Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" and in Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther," as well as his "Dichtung und Wahrheit."" (Wikipedia). For more information, see: Hudson, p.171. Latimore and Haskell, p. 65. Riall, p.170.
This handsome book is splendidly illustrated throughout with 12 color plates and 22 b/w in-text illustrations.
Binding overall very good-, interior has age toning , starting in very good- condition.
"In the England of jazz and Noel Coward the whimsical and fantastic had grown increasingly out of fashion. With "The Vicar of Wakefield" of 1929... Rackham played it safe by turning to historical costume... in which he had long been supremely accomplished and successful" (Hudson, p.126).
""The Vicar of Wakefield" is a novel by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. It was written in 1761 and 1762, and published in 1766, and was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century books. The novel is mentioned in George Eliot's "Middlemarch," Jane Austen's "Emma," Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and "David Copperfield," Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Sarah Grand's "The Heavenly Twins," Charlotte Brontë's "The Professor" and "Villette," Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" and in Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther," as well as his "Dichtung und Wahrheit."" (Wikipedia). For more information, see: Hudson, p.171. Latimore and Haskell, p. 65. Riall, p.170.
This handsome book is splendidly illustrated throughout with 12 color plates and 22 b/w in-text illustrations.
Binding overall very good-, interior has age toning , starting in very good- condition.
Synopsis
"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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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- 48767
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver (Text by); Arthur Rackham (Illustrated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American trade edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1929
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