The Vicar of Wakefield : A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself (Paperback)

from tess_schoolmarm

This is the story of a humble, gullible Vicar who lived the life of Job. I listened to this on an audio book as well as reading along. I felt the reader had a very false voice that was in excess. The story was very slow moving and almost unbelievable, but had a few amusing spots. I persisted! The...

from Cariola

This is one of those classics that I probably should have read years ago. It's the story of Mr. Primrose, a proud but good man, who suffers at the hands of both ill fortune and human malice. As the novel begins, Mr. Primrose seems to be the man who has everything: a good post in a friendly and pe...

from Cecrow

Curiosity satisfied, but not really worth it. Written in the 1760s, here is the tale of a countryside vicar who falls upon hard times in the footsteps of Job and ... no, that's pretty much it. You've heard the Job story, so you know this one. It's also a satire of its times, so living in the 18th...

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This 18th century classic was a favourite novel during the Victorian era, and is mentioned in their own works by many 19th century literary greats, including Goethe, Austen, Mary Shelley, Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot. It is an often humorous and gently satirical story of the title c...

from stillatim

What's going on here? According to the introduction and notes, it's satire on literary convention. But satire seems too harsh- more like loving parody. I have very little to say, except that if i had to read one eighteenth century novel, this would be it: it's short, it's not repetitive, the pros...