false 6525279 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 112510 82 2907686 1936 The Vicar of Wakefield (Oxford World's Classics) total:347|5:37|4:83|3:169|2:42|1:16| 347 1124 649 45 65124 3.37 701 79 69163 4.31 586 75 81967310 2184529 1291956 0140431594 9780140431599 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182543478m/1291956.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182543478s/1291956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1291956.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.44 16 Through this simple, almost fairy-tale plot, Goldsmith gives us a charming comedy. It is not a novel of sentiment but an artful send-up of many of the familiar literary conventions of his day: the pastoral scene, the artificial romance, the unquestioning stoic bravery of the hero—all culminating, of course, in a gloriously improbable denouement.

]]> 1936 4 0 false Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 14:16:13 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 14:22:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65459003 403839 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 293 1936 3 0 false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 16:02:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 20:11:31 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 63251320 14713 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 2 1 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 04:28:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 02:46:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65129249 1583896 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 0 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:25:57 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 06:34:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61050730 1713956 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 0 0 false Thu Jun 25 07:22:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:32:20 -0700 2009 You know that Monty Python sketch, where the guy introduces himself as "Mr. Smoketoomuch"?

"Well, you'd better cut down a little!" says Mr. Bounder.

"I'm sorry?"

"You'd better cut down a little then."

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This book has one big advantage: It's super short- like 200 pages of regular text. It is so, so much easier to read then any of the other books I've read from this period. This is also the only book you will ever read by Oliver Goldsmith. Sorry- it'...more...]]> 9712887 227464 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 4 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 10:43:35 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 10:50:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 63766332 1652295 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 3 0 false Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 16 14:26:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:29:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46301576 939881 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 3 0 false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 13 23:48:23 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 13:48:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 76590991 582668 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 0 0 false Tue Nov 03 10:05:25 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:08:28 -0800 2009 72869862 1108123 112510 0192805126 9780192805126 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395m/112510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171659395s/112510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield 3.24 347 1936 0 0 false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 05:46:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 05:51:14 -0700 2009
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