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本书是英国感伤主义的名作之一，既是社会小说，又是家庭小说。
内容简介
主人公普里姆罗斯博士以第一人称叙述他一家悲欢离合的经过。他们本属小康之家，待人宽厚，宾至如归。但过于天真，缺乏处世经验，屡遭欺凌。
普里姆罗斯受经理他财产的商人之累，不幸破产，只得远离家乡去担任一个小教区的牧师。不久，长女奥利维亚为当地乡绅桑希尔诱骗后又遭遗弃。
同时住宅失火，全家几乎无栖身之地，桑希尔又暗使奸计，使牧师无力还债而入狱；次女索菲娅险入歹徒之手：长子因找玷辱他家门风的桑希尔决斗而被捕。
正当山穷水尽之时，幸得桑希尔的叔父威廉爵士搭救，绝处逢生。威廉爵士娶索菲娅为妻，取消了桑希尔继承他财产的权利，并把其中的三分之一划归奥利维亚，牧师一家得以团聚。
小说一方面描写了社会现实的黑暗和罪恶，另一方面又创造了一幅纯朴、真诚、理想化了的田园家庭生活的图画以鼓舞读者。
作者简介
作者奥利弗·哥尔德斯密斯英国18世纪中叶杰出的散文家、诗人和戏剧家，他是塞缪尔•约翰逊和乔纳森•斯威夫特的朋友。霍勒斯•沃波尔给他起了个绰号叫“有灵感的蠢材”。
他对许多文学形式作出过重大的贡献。他创作的文学作品有小说《威克菲尔德的牧师》，欢乐喜剧《委曲求全》，还有系列随笔《世界公民》，两首雅致诗歌，即《旅行者》和《荒村》等。
高超的写作技巧使得他的作品略带讽刺，也流露出一些真情。但他的真情流露又绝不同于一般的伤感。
章节目录
版权信息
出版前言
PREFACE
作家与作品
Chapter 1 The description of the family of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons
Chapter 2 Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to increase the pride of the worthy
Chapter 3 A migration. The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring
Chapter 4 A proof that even the humblest fortune may grant happiness, which depends not on circumstance, but constitution
Chapter 5 A new and great acquaintance introduced. What we place most hopes upon, generally proves most fatal
Chapter 6 The happiness of a country fire-side
Chapter 7 A town wit described. The dullest fellows may learn to be comical for a night or two
Chapter 8 An amour, which promises little good fortune, yet may be productive of much
Chapter 9 Two ladies of great distinction introduced. Superior finery ever seems to confer superior breeding
Chapter 10 The family endeavours to cope with their betters. The miseries of the poor when they attempt to appear above their circumstances
Chapter 11 The family still resolve to hold up their heads
Chapter 12 Fortune seems resolved to humble the family of Wakefield. Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities
Chapter 13 Mr Burchell is found to be an enemy; for he has the confidence to give disagreeable advice
Chapter 14 Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration that seeming calamities may be real blessings
Chapter 15 All Mr Burchell’s villainy at once detected. The folly of being-over-wise
Chapter 16 The family use art, which is opposed with still greater
Chapter 17 Scarce any virtue found to resist the power of long and pleasing temptation
Chapter 18 The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lost child to virtue
Chapter 19 The description of a person discontented with the present government, and apprehensive of the loss of our liberties
Chapter 20 The history of a philosophic vagabond, pursuing novelty, but losing content
Chapter 21 The short continuance of friendship amongst the vicious, which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction
Chapter 22 Offences are easily pardoned where there is love at bottom
Chapter 23 None but the guilty can be long and completely miserable
Chapter 24 Fresh calamities
Chapter 25 No situation, however wretched it seems, but has some sort of comfort attending it
Chapter 26 A reformation in the gaol. To make laws
Chapter 27 The same subject continued
Chapter 28 Happiness and misery rather the result of prudence than of virtue in this life. Temporal evils or felicities being regarded by heaven as things merely in themselves trifling and unworthy its care in the distribution
Chapter 29 The equal dealings of providence demonstrated with regard to the happy and the miserable here below. That from the nature of pleasure and pain, the wretched must be repaid the balance of their sufferings in the life hereafter
Chapter 30 Happier prospects begin to appear. Let us be inflexible, and fortune will at last change in our favour
Chapter 31 Former benevolence now repaid with unexpected interest
Chapter 32 The conclusion
威克菲尔德的牧师（英语原著版）是2011年由中译出版社出版,作者[英] 奥利弗·哥尔德斯密斯。
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