The Vicar of Wakefield (World Classics Series) (No. 4)

viii, 216pp. Blue cloth boards (tiny white mark on front); internally clean, bright and neat (top text block edge dust soiled). Dust jacket a litter bumped on edges and mildly sunned on spine. Now protected in mylar wrap. No. 4 in the Oxford World Classics series. Jacket design by Edward Ardizzone. A classic novel which readers return to again and again. Goldsmith (1730-74), of Irish heritage, arrived in London penniless. The manuscript of the Vicar of Wakefield was sold by Johnson for �60 in order to prevent his being arrested for debt. First published in the World Classics Series in 1901, this is a reset edition from 1959. We always endeavour to stock a good selection of books from this important and delightful series - just browse our 'series books' catalogue to find other titles.