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There are an hundred faults in this Thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this piece unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, an husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple in affluence, and maje ...more
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There are an hundred faults in this Thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this piece unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, an husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple in affluence, and maje ...more
I enjoyed the first part because it reminded me of a Jane Austen novel. (The fact that Austen liked this book is probably 80% of the reason it is still read today.) The vicar suffers what you think is going to be the biggest trial of his life - losing his wealth and moving his family to a humble farm. Some funny scenes ensue. (view spoiler)
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Hmm... When we were in High School, my classmate read this book and she thought it was hilarious. She had a wonderful sense of humor. She thought Don Quixote was even funnier. She couldn't speak of it without laughing so much that her speech made no sense.
I find the sarcasm in this book, but I don't think it's that funny. There are funny scenes, sure, but all in all, it feels to me as... well... perhaps I would have appreciated it more 250 years ago. Better knowing the circumstances.
It also mak ...more
I find the sarcasm in this book, but I don't think it's that funny. There are funny scenes, sure, but all in all, it feels to me as... well... perhaps I would have appreciated it more 250 years ago. Better knowing the circumstances.
It also mak ...more
Easy read and some funny parts but at the same time very uninteresting with a boring and flat main character.
I read this because I kept seeing it referenced in other novels. I wanted to see why other novelists, novelists I really admire like Dickens and Eliot, would mention another author's book within their own. I still don't really understand why.
It's not a terrible novel, just not a great one, which is why you don't see people in the 21st century reading it very often, unless they are taking a History of the English Novel class. The story is melodramatic and the characters one dimensional. My favor ...more
It's not a terrible novel, just not a great one, which is why you don't see people in the 21st century reading it very often, unless they are taking a History of the English Novel class. The story is melodramatic and the characters one dimensional. My favor ...more
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