The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background -- all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure.In "CliffsNotes on Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, " you follow the lost and gained fortunes of the Rev. Charles Primrose and his family, a story set in eighteenth-century England.
Moving with the main characters' journeys through deceptions, dips and rises in social positions, and discovery of true wealth, this study guide carries you along a path of discovery about the life and background of the author, the novel's characters, and the following: Brief summary of the novelChapter-by-chapter summaries and commentariesCritical analysis of genre, style, characterization, and themesCritical opinionsStudy questions and essay topics to help polish your knowledgeSelected bibliography for further reading
Classic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
- ISBN10 0822013290
- ISBN13 9780822013297
- Publish Date 13 August 1969
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 August 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 88
- Language English