Oliver Goldsmith: Der Pfarrer von Wakefield»The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale. Supposed to Be Written by Himself«. Entstanden 1761/62, Erstdruck 1766. Hier in der Übersetzung von Ernst Susemihl, erschienen unter dem Titel »Der Landprediger...

Oliver Goldsmith: Der Pfarrer von Wakefield»The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale. Supposed to Be Written by Himself«. Entstanden 1761/62, Erstdruck 1766. Hier in der Übersetzung von Ernst Susemihl, erschienen unter dem Titel »Der Landprediger...

She Stoops to Conquer von Goldsmith, Oliver

Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly...

The vicar, Dr Primrose, his six daughters and wife Deborah form an Arcadian picture of affectionate family life. However, their rural idyll is rudely disturbed by a swindler and the villainy of a vile seducer and further troubles come...