<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s analysis:<i> </i><i>Literary analysis of Oliver Goldsmith&#39;s essential work, &quot;The Vicar of Wakefield&quot;</i></li></ul><br />Originally published in 1766, &ldquo;The Vicar of Wakefield&rdquo; is a popular novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. This novel is considered Goldsmith&#39;s masterpiece and was widely popular among Victorians in the late nineteenth century, becoming one of the most widely read novels of the Victorian era.<br />Considered an exemplary sentimental novel, &ldquo;The Vicar of Wakefield&rdquo; houses a complicated plot that follows the misfortunes of the Primrose family. A book about family endurance, the drama surrounds the characters of the family: Dr. Primrose as the <i>Vicar of Wakefield</i>, his wife, and their many children. The Primrose&#39;s idyllic country life is turned upside down when they lose their financial footing and a daughter is abducted...<br /><br />&nbsp;