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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

by Oliver Goldsmith

Illustrated by John Massey Wright

Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st. 1903

Good condition. De Luxe Limited edition of 250 copies. White cloth with gilt titles and green clover leaf decoration. 13 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Includes John Forster's Essay on The Vicar of Wakefield. xli + 260 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed.

This is copy no. 205. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is frayed at top and bottom. Cloth is grubby and spine is browned. Foxing throughout. Front joint between endpaper and fly-leaf is cracked.

Stock no. 1329693

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Contents

  • John Forster's Essay
  • CHAPTER I
  • The description of the family of Wakefield, in which a hundred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons
  • CHAPTER II
  • Family misfortune - The loss of fortune only serves to increase the ride of the worthy
  • CHAPTER III
  • A migration - the Fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring
  • CHAPTER IV
  • A proof that even the humblest fortune may grant happiness, which depends not on circumstances, but constitution
  • CHAPTER V
  • A new and great acquaintance introduced - what we place most hopes upon generally proves most fatal
  • CHAPTER VII
  • A town wit described - the dullest fellows may learn to be comical for a night or two
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • An amour, which promises little good fortune, yet may be productive of much
  • CHAPTER IX
  • Two ladies of great distinction introduced, Superior finery ever seems to confer superior breeding
  • CHAPTER X
  • Endeavour to cope with their betters - the miseries of the poor when they appear above their circumstances
  • CHAPTER XI
  • The family still resolve to hold up their heads
  • CHAPTER XII
  • Fortune seems resolved to humble the family of Wakefield - Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • Mr Burchell is found to be an enemy; for he has the confidence to given disagreeable advice
  • CHAPTER XIV
  • Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration that seeming calamities may be real blessings
  • CHAPTER XV
  • All Mr Burchell's villainy at once detected - the folly of being over wise
  • CHAPTER XVI
  • The family use art, which is opposed by still greater
  • CHAPTER XVII
  • Scarcely any virtue found to resist the power of long and pleasing temptations
  • CHAPTER XVIII
  • The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lost child to virtue
  • CHAPTER XIX
  • The description of a person discontented with the present government, and apprehensive of the loss of our liberties
  • CHAPTGER XX
  • The history of a philosophic vagabond pursuing novelty but losing content
  • CHAPTER XXI
  • The short continuance of friendship among the vicious, which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction
  • CHAPTER XXII
  • Offences are easily pardoned where there is love at bottom
  • CHAPTER XXIII
  • None but the guilty can be long and completely miserable
  • CHAPTER XXIV
  • Fresh calamaties
  • CHAPTER XXV
  • No situation however wretched is seems but has some sort of comfort attending it..
  • CHAPTER XXVI
  • A reformation is the gaol - To make laws complete they should reward as well as punish
  • CHAPTER XXVII
  • The same subject continued
  • CHAPTER XXVIII
  • Happiness and misery rather the result of prudence than of virtue in this life
  • CHAPTER XXIX
  • The equal dealings of Providence demonstrated with regard to the happy and the miserable here below
  • CHAPTER XXX
  • Happier prospects begin to appear - Let us be inflexible and fortune will at last change in our favour
  • CHAPTER XXXI
  • Former benevolence now repaid with unexpected interest
  • CHAPTER XXXII
  • The Conclusion

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