Oliver Goldsmith — The Vicar of Wakefield

London; New York, J. M. Dent & Co; E. P. Dutton & Co, 1904. Cloth. A bright and colourfully illsurated edition of this novel by Oliver Goldsmith, one of the most popular of the Georgian and Victorian eras. A bright example of this edition, published as part of 'The Series of English Idylls&apos.'The Vicar of Wakefield' was one of the most popular and widely read novels upon its publication and into the Victorian era. The novel follows the fall and rise of the Primrose family, who are presided over by the benevolent narrator, the Vicar. Illustrated by C. E. Brock with a colour frontispiece, colour title page, and twenty-three colour plates. Collated, complete.Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Irish novelist who is best known for this novel, though also for his pastoral poem 'The Deserted Village', and the plays 'The Good-Natur'd Man' and 'She Stoops to Conquer&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A couple of very light marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Near Fine . Ill.: C. E. Brock. Near Fine .