A review by rosekk
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

2.0

It was... perfectly readable. I was expecting, based on the description of the book, something like the Barsetshire novels, but this was nothing like that. The writing style was quite dry. I think the narrator was meant to seem dignified, constantly and wisely doing the best by his family (and God, being a Vicar). Probably, at the time of writing, he did seem like that, but now in the 21st century, it's hard to see him like that. Instead, he seems stern and self righteous. Certain aspects of the plot seemed odd and contrived, like the fire, which just happens for no explained reason, and has nothing to do with the rest of the plot, which is all related no matter how astonishing the coincidence tying it all together.