Show 97 ww CONDENSED I 1 CLASSICS THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by OLIVER GOLDSMITH condensation til canian bettt i 41 M M M MM oliver oilier K m n K x I 1 11 I 1 N I 1 h poet lof playwright novel it nud ad ninn a of letter let terN nan a ll 11 born in 1719 1721 there b hinr been some dome question a nil to th the place of him bin birth but recent I 1 im vest fl I 1 g antof aborn have 0 s led th that at it was van at glinith mil II 11 a 0 u R e kichlu Illon common ireland while imilie oilier was WB still III a hild child the family moved to the country of wept vent mth u he wa nan sent ant to th the e v 11 inge chool when only eien where the flu nia iter aster while teach ing ine nc gp writing and arithmetic m 7 to also fill the minds of his hl 1 upil ith stories of fril riest ghosts B ith left this school at t the oke axe of to nine and avent to several grammar I 1 old acquired anc rome knowledge knowl edae dK of the lie ile e was not a 11 brilliant mi bolari la in fact wan trail considered rather backward lie wan small mall of mature alith features fra harsh to lemn and was wn the butt of the other boy and tile the mater ma ter A after ill r ill ninny any und and varied attempt is to lit hl for a profession and re amed milbrea miln rea hi bc took to writing an him bin name gradually became known ill alx clil of widened H he annil introduced to joannon John roo non then con dered widened the hc farat of writers wr lern term to sir mr jokhan reynaldo the famous ens 11 lanh b painter 1 e r imd M d othen defur bat I 1 t the h 1 1 1 arar of hp ap scored in 1701 1766 came the areat crisis of life in week 1704 he a poem entitled the arm rn iler eller it was war the first work to which aich he had anil put his ni ise ne flue and it ruined him bani at once to the rank of u legitimate english after the 46 Traveller trai eller appeared the vicar of 11 and it rapidly oh ob irined a popularity which has lasted down I 1 to 0 our own times time the earlier how all the 60 of ann to enral poetry tox to doehr ehr ether with iab all 11 II the vivacity of e edy comedy dy it 1 claimed that the hitter part of the tale Is I 1 not worthy of tile the beginning th the nelch I 1 he won with thin t torr ory encouraged 04 Idal inith to try his b and a DM a drama mt find he wrote tile the good isaburd ISa man the play however in im best bent known to later times time BI am she stoops stoop to conquer it was wan b aught out at at the covent garden garde theater and pit boxe be and gallel wc mere in a constant conn tant conr of lanith ter alth died on aar apr april 11 4 1774 in ba bilk 4 th 7 year a r he wa was laid in the of the temple but the spot po ann not marked by say any ln inscription aad anda p in IM now forgotten CHOSE my wife for such qualities I 1 ns would wear well slie she could tiny any english book without ciuch h spelling but for pickling preserving and cookery none could excel her wo we were ever unstinting of our and our gooseberry wine lim im 1 great reputation so that our con ou dils sin even to the alie fortieth remove re their affinity without any help front from the heralds office and caroi canio erv cry frequently an fn ue to see us afy fv children were well formed tin and healthy two daughters who to con colt real nothing were certainly very hand nine it e olma olivia of luxuriant be benuta arity ani sophia op liia soft modest and alluring lil v oldest ton on george wits bred at oxford millie hire moses my second boy received n ort of miscellaneous education at lorio but alas hv by a sudden stroke of ill luck hick rn my entire was ns swept att away find out of 1 I had hut but four hundred remaining this causti rn ply neighbor mr wilmot to bronk break off the existing between mv in on n george f and ills hig flaughter armbel lit in mr himot had one virtue in per fiction which alch was prudence too often fit alir only one that Is left us nt at seven ty ti two to wo we were vere now poor and iscom bade rie PIP conform to ofir 0 ir humble situation I 1 vave mp vi and sent him tn in lon inn ion inn to ti alo in tho the host best tip might for cirit i if nn anil I 1 fi ani I 1 us ug I 1 bonnil a cure chirp of if T it year i ir in n lisl if linn 1 tind ni d thither we vc tit 11 once repaired n p ilie 1 on nil oni om J we P tall in with ith on onn mr rui fel fell a blokin mill llie alio T ito told fit HIP murli of sq rl thornhill our now naw landlord who ani it so pined wits ns the alpa cirp loy ing iii phew of flip preat great aind n tt vort liv RI ir r thornhill vr mr and the flip great kindne s to beruo rm dnn Inna liter sophia who ind lilt flip m clintice to full fall into inin a rapid nn I 1 who lin hut but for lilt ills timely nutane nw nit tane inc have 1 IM been drown pil on this mv m ifa hullt built a autnie ro ni mince for tile the two youner cople i I 1 anni 1 nut nt but mile to hear liehr hor her hut but I 1 nm I m ikpe e vr pd avith it oe aarni 1 ass v du anns tint flint tell tend to annl p 11 ni more emppy lini our landlord lini llord squire I 1 IP kaniv it vl aitor tit nt ur fir limilo alrod peram per lm by my ri ulf lf conlinn von linn pt t or nr apa iy ay 1 file ip of my ni pretty iliin alpis I 1 too citino came often so w i wen i not nt los fur marr 1 I afe N r it 1110 laiq to hold our dwail in ids if little linghor lit in the file world orld disend flint T sell our rolt colt nt at it neighboring amr nn annl tiny 1114 prid id it d horse hoi c that lint W hilll make 1 hoker ef ifer appearance nt lit church chunh or upon a 1 I mt t lie sent Ios ps alto haq n nin most t bargainer final whom linn his als ars rs ettel out eat bravely for tim fair they trimmed Ms his loots brushed bruse ms MB 1 buckles and cocked his hat with alna lie he wore a thunder and lightning coat and a gosling green waistcoat but nans ins at the fair he was imposed upon by bv a prowling sharper who after moses had well bargained away the colt managed to get the purchase money from him in return for or a gross of green spectacles IH eludes etudes in cases and an 1 so 0 o ns as usual unforeseen dis disaster astei fici our attempts to be fine my mv daughters diug litera planned a pleasure ex to town unit and this mr burchell so s strongly disapproved of that a rl rel egued between him and my wife all annl the gentleman left our house in a fit of finger not noi rould could Sop lilas plead lilt louk looks stai may him the hip town tinn trip being still in pros peet nn my ier decreed that I 1 go to thi the fair lnor myself nn alf and sill sell our one reinald rein n innon aln lo 10 put dit when one on would ht pur canser the animal and de I 1 it him blind of one ov eye la another nother I 1 he had a spavin span a third per nihed lit lie ind had it 11 wandi all a fourth said lip if ind had the botts anti and so on I 1 began to him have a mo gt hearty contempt cn for tho T poor nor 1 arnst na self for I 1 reflected that tin the number nn niler of witnesses was it a strong an presumption they were right and st 0 ficon ill 01 ol y alit alf Is of 0 the lie some rome opan ion Ilow bowner I 1 at lat last sold my y horse but ind hod the misfortune to receive IE ic payin nt nit a turgid forged anti and worth worthies les draft tile slime ime being indeed the wicked work of flip very verv man who had sold moss tile lie spectacles pc tables mr bin Bur lull eliell being absent from our fir only missed hlin hinn for the rest of us were mie greatly pleased by tile blits of our landlord lind lord who now callip tine often it must be owned that my ln wafe llo laid a thousand housand schemes to entrup bilm as a for olma olivia nil 11 I 1 1 bied n cd every art to ann alfy the he mer its a vt her laughter daughter the result regul ts how hov evar boang small my wife ife sought to rou ion 4 i M mr r thornhill s jealousy jealous y by b ili hint nt int inc of olivias ani ringe with ranner Wil ll linins lining a most worthy though lium huni tile lip neighbor tilts foiling f to egg es on oil the backward inc ard thornhill tho the wedding if iny it s set for oula and firmer farmer bit four ds days before the I 1 learned to my mv distraction that thai 11 olivia had gone goe off secretly in it p post t clinese dial se with a gentleman who ho nc ai wa anns tod old by b an onlooker or kissed liet her find and sold he would lie die for her well did dl 1 I 1 hilow 1 now the villain who hall had chils robbed cd tile me of my sweet Int innocent incent child it wis was none other than the wicked thornhill my aly wife fell to loud be rating of him and ollila olivia as vc well hut but I 1 IP lured are my mv house ind and heart should over er be open to the returning ream lant sinner I 1 sot set out to find hoi her but I 1 ut mv first efforts persuaded mp me thil thal it t was mr burchell and not squire thornhill who hind hid seduced iced my mv flar dar liliie dinv this though hough wits was not the truth TV is but port part of the villains villain s plin plan pl in after long I 1 found my ni darlina ali ill 1 in ill it a hiding place pince whither sho she lille hac ald II 11 1 from the thornhill who i finder ador pre pretense of marriage hn ind I 1 ruined her er it seems they were marrel b by a scoundrel who had before mar ried aled the squire to six or eight ei wives I 1 I 1 took my poor darling home onh to be met with the astounding new that my little home was wag utterly de strayed by bv fire with what cheerful ness we ive rul glit we made shift to larf lh in one of our farm farin outbuilding buildings out nn anc endeared to enjoy our former se renley but this was not to be the df despic aple able thornhill Thoin hlll about to marry mam MI mis wilmot yes the same to whom mi son george was onie once ande proposal that we marry mj olivia to another yet let her still he be if a friend of his own my aly righteous de min clation of this resulted in tit the squires squire s threats of retribution and an 1 came in the form of a demand for mv annual rent the which I 1 wa was all to pay I 1 was wag thereupon thrown inoc a debtors prison hut but oen even hero here I 1 on en deavo red to preserve pr w mv and aft or er my usiel tin and liavine praised my heavenly corrector I 1 slept klepl with the utmost tranquility man frequently mils calls in the con cogoli liola eions of philosophy which I 1 belive found tire are am lising hut but often falla clous cious in the pilon though I 1 attempt ed cd a enuch ne 1 6 1 reform movement moe nent and though I 1 lectured and advised with all my mv powers I 1 suffered red many and nn sorrows and disappointment nta I 1 ans ns informed inform sd of flip death of my olivia nn an thank I 1 I 1 inns ivna toli told of the forel ford M it abduction of sophia by b desperate do I 1 F broin roin this danger however dear so n alila wn ti by mr ir urchel It I 1 to lo whom hom I 1 willingly willin gave my il tren gure for I 1 a wife alfe and we then learned that nur friend mr eliell wa ns q in reality the preat great tir sir willlim thornhill ihorn hlll and my would hf be it fine indy and another joy I 1 learned that my olivia was ins the flip lawful wife of squire thornhill Thoin hlll his hig mar fringes nil all having been so performed liv by ill the wicked flint they were crp not legal whereupon my mv son george having MI miss wilmot his hl onetime one time love accepted anew iw offers and thomp t two were crp happy together As ag it a calp liefie to my m harvest of ROOI gond fortune ohp alit rn co 1 na lio fin id did nip me 0 out lit of my fort itne sn iona ion dign was vis tirres t ed find coreed to plo give up lip his effects my wro hinss lis bal iraln m pt of ellit 1 I of course couise wits ns freed of the prison and nn 1 it now re ma milded I 1 n ed only onh tint that my m gratitude in good fortune i exceed my former sub mi roIs slon in adversity 1919 tv bv the post tho the 13 biston iston r 0 t all rahl ta reserved |