A review by ithilwen22
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

3.0

The usual 18th century fare-wicked squires, ruined ingenues, increasingly dramatic misfortunes, and a lot of moralizing. The entire plot is kicked off because our protagonist, is too busy arguing over a trivial point of doctrine that isn't even in the Bible, then is wishy-washy and easily fooled over everything of actual importance, and everything goes downhill from there.

It's still relatively entertaining, and it's not near as tedious as Pamela (but it's not too hard to be less tedious than that book).