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The Vicar of Wakefield

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Author(s):Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):Arthur Rackham
Publisher(s): David McKay Co.
Year Published: 1929
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Fiction - Novel
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 231
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 1447477979
1447478320
ISBN-13: 9781447477976
9781447478324
OCLC: 559082315

Description

The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.

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Other Editions

The Vicar of Wakefield (1883)

A mixture of comic novel and Job, this edition has a frontispiece by R. Caldecott.

Publisher: Kegan Paul, Tench & Co.
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1900)

The vicar endures the sufferings of Job, but all comes right in the end.

Publisher: J. M. Dent and Company
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1959)

A mixture of comic novel and Job, this World’s Classics edition #4, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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